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Monthly Summit Idea
I was just listening to Kelsey and Chris’s description of their annual financial summit, and it gave me the idea for a Monthly Summit.
On the 31st of each month, I’m going to spend two hours (~8pm-10pm) on the following activities:
- Writing my Reflection & Rejuvenation post
- Writing birthday cards for the upcoming month
- Planning any goals for the upcoming month
I need to do this at work, too! I don’t think I want to mix the personal with the professional on this one. I think I need to send time at work that day looking at the upcoming month and making plans. I think it would a really rejuvenating… Read More -
Nightly Relaxation Ritual
I’ve been feeling a lot of anxiety at night (work-related stuff), and it’s impacting my sleep. Simultaneously, we’re working through a round of Purposeful Conception: Preparing Your Mind, Body, and Life for Pregnancy, and it’s reminding me of what a conscious effort I made to relax and de-stress my life when I was pregnant with Henry. Every night I would shut down by a certain time, do yoga, and then relax. Here’s what I said about it:
… Read MoreDuring my pre-conception phase, I developed a nightly Relaxation Ritual for myself. At 8:15 every night, I would spend 15 minutes picking up the clutter that had accumulated around our house during
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Simple Children’s Birthdays
I am counting my lucky stars that we are still in a place where we can celebrate our children’s birthdays in a simple way.Despite the fact that we have been to lots of birthdays at jump houses and gymnastics places, Henry is still okay with the idea of having a birthday party at a park or our house. I gave those two options to him, and he said, “Our house, of course.”So there you have it! It will be a simple celebration planned by Henry. So far he has decided:- Vegetable tray (this kid seriously cracks me up)
- Gluten-free chocolate cake with mint icing and chocolate chips in
