#week reflection

[goldencaduceus]

This week I honor Hermes for guidance, cleverness, and protection. May the next week bring more insight and movement. ☿🗝️💨

[katerobynmoments]

/sunday evening /week reflection

[lightofthemoon23]

18/11/22

Thank fuck it's Friday! Excuse my language but every week this November feels so long I keep thinking/hoping it's December already I can't believe it's another week to go.

Good things this week:

✨ I have more meds so my anxiety is kinda more stable. Counseling is all ready to go next week too (only took two months-again! Pretty sure I got forgotten and fell down the loophole this time).

✨ Secret Santa, work dos and Christmas dinners all happening at work. I love my colleagues and I'm so ready for Christmas part of term.

✨ My sister graduated today 😭 super proud!

Bad things:

🖤 I still need to end a friendship but I keep trying to work around them when might be a good time. I know it's stupid but I don't want to make a bad time worse for them but I need to do this for me too.

🖤 Uni has been nonexistent so I'm ahead of my next observation which is good but I'm kinda finding it too easy with how slow the assessments are at the moment.

🖤 World Cup next week so everywhere is going to be crazy. Not looking forward to going home etc during that.

🖤 It's not Christmas/December yet 🎄

[trajectoryoflife]

“Perhaps passion and excitement were meant to be secondary to a stable adult life.” ― Balli Kaur Jaswal, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

week in review what I’m reading: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Women lots of fun hosting family + playing tourist farmers’ market Rockies game made an offer on a house we love + didn’t get it 😦 high team at our favorite tea shop book club TV on the Radio at Red Rocks check-ins + sending of good thoughts to friend’s daughter whose cancer came back 😦 kicked off sprint one for big work project very busy and strenuous workweek received a Trunk Club shipment from my favorite stylist signed up for Margaret Atwood’s creative writing course lots of time spent viewing and researching houses wrote + posted weeks reflection wrote + posted this week in our kitchen: summer’s end ratatouille

weekend happenings + intentions celebrate with a friend who completed her master’s degree relax + recover from a crazy week more house visits farmers’ market read + write finish wedding thank-you cards catch up on online courses browse newest issue of Bella Grace

week reflection “Perhaps passion and excitement were meant to be secondary to a stable adult life.” ― Balli Kaur Jaswal…

[trajectoryoflife]

“Sorrow is food swallowed too quickly, caught in the throat, making it nearly impossible to breathe.” ~Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing

week(s) in review what I’m reading: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Women read: Sing, Unburied Sing BBQ with neighborhood friends farmers’ market two Rockies games new passport(!) survived a (very hot) workweek in Phoenix nursed a sick pup hosted weekend writers group spa day with one of my besties couples’ night out with one of my oldest friends pampering from my favorite hair stylist contemplated taking Foundations of Authentic Leadership endured lots of work craziness spa day for the pup kicked off a weekend of family visiting July reflection + August intentions checked out a few houses wrote + posted our traditional-ish-esque wedding ceremony wrote + posted who says you have to do that (aka, 15 ways our wedding was uniquely us) wrote + posted this week in our kitchen: chopped chinese pork salad

weekend happenings + intentions lots of activities + playing tourist with the kiddos high tea more house visits farmers’ market read + write + relax

week(s) reflection “Sorrow is food swallowed too quickly, caught in the throat, making it nearly impossible to breathe.” ~Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing…

[trajectoryoflife]

A few months, I was struggling to find anything to write about. This week, I wrote five blog posts. So, what changed?

I finally found a few topics I actually enjoy writing and posting about and the subject-matter of which is pretty top of mind for us: recipes and zero-waste. While I never, in my wildest dreams, thought I would be someone who would be posting recipes regularly (especially not ones I’ve actually tried), I actually really enoy sharing what we’ve tried in our kitchen. It helps that I have a wonderful cooking partner in my husband (who, let’s be honest, does most of the work). We’re also of the same mind in regards to minimizing our waste and possessions which not only helps us be successful, but also provides for writing inspiration.

I’ll certainly continue to explore other topics for my blog but, currently, I’m satisifed with the direction and how it’s not only providing a writing outlet but is truly reflecting my trajectory of life.

  week in review what I’m reading: Sing, Unburied Sing explored the idea of buying a new home + house hunted new mattress (it’s the little things, right?) farmers’ market continued progress on name change (yes, it’s still ongoing) completed a few home fixes added to herb garden nursed a sick pup Goodwill donation received our (gorgeous) new dinnerware afternoon tea at my favorite local tea shop dinner with a few of my favorite girlfriends checked out a new-to-me brewery Clozee + Beats Antique at Red Rocks ditched the tea bags at work + brought my own tea and pot consumed many episodes of dear sugars reached a big milestone with work project met up with our wedding photographers to start planning wedding book enjoyed ciders + eats at Stem’s new location wrote FIVE blog posts(!) wrote + posted is it winter yet + week reflection wrote + posted this week in our kitchen: salt and pepper shrimp with cucumber salad wrote + posted zero waste wins wrote + posted this week in our kitchen: crunch broccolini with lemon and pecons + swordfish wrote + posted letting go of excuses + my zero-waste portable breakfast solution (finally)

weekend happenings + intentions BBQ with neighborhood friends Rockies game pack for work trip write + send wedding thank-you notes prepare for a hot week in Phoenix read + write + relax

all the blogging + week reflection A few months, I was struggling to find anything to write about. This week, I wrote five blog posts.

[trajectoryoflife]

It’s been so long since I’ve had the time (or, more aptly, taken the time) to complete a week in review + reflection, I had to search back a few months to remind myself how to complete it. And, while I am grateful beyond words for all of the amazingness that our wedding and honeymoon were, I’m certainly enjoying the post-wedding downtime with more chance for writing, reading, relaxing and hanging with the hubs and pup.

“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.” ~Margaret Atwood, Handmaid’s Tale

week(s) in review  what I’m reading: tiny beautiful things read: The Handmaid’s Tale + Zero Waste Home treated ourselves to a bit of positivity + saw Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Goodwill + Denver Public School donations June reflection + July intentions received our wedding photos (yay!) began simple year July lesson made progress on the name-change list removed our names from every mail list imaginable (fingers crossed this stops the unwanted mail) many walks with the hubs + pup hosted friends for dinner farmer’s market drinks + catching up with good friends lots of new recipes + time cooking with my love attended fun BBQ with friends made a visit to our favorite zero waste store cheered on the Rockies to another victory + enjoyed post-game fireworks opened up the Poshmark closet again made the most amazing library discover + picked up books I’d been waiting for since February attended coworker’s going-away party enjoyed a day off mid-week made significant progress with big work project hired awesome content manager (work) savored yummy treats + tea at our Hawaiian high-tea continued to purge stuff + rearranged office (it’s so empty!) somehow caught an annoying cough opted to stay in + home to rest while hubs saw Sparta wrote + posted what a month! june review + july intentions

weekend happenings + intentions host weekend writers + Denver Creates pen + post: reading goals update + recipes from our yummy week spa day for the pup read + relax + recharge (and hopefully get rid of this annoying cough) write Zero Wasteish post (my beauty routine) meet up with friend for drinks walk + move

week reflection It's been so long since I've had the time (or, more aptly, taken the time) to complete a week in review + reflection, I had to search back a few months to remind myself how to complete it.

[trajectoryoflife]

“No matter what happens, if at the end of the wedding day you are married to the person you love, then it was a roaring success!”

With our wedding just a few months away (83 days!), the question I hear on a nearly daily basis is, “How is the planning going?” followed closely by “Are you nervous/scared?” My answer usually goes a little something like, “Nah, we’re totally ready” (followed sometimes by a mention of a Gantt chart and our goal to keep things simple) and, to the second, “Not at all.” And these answers are completely accurate. What’s interesting though is I can’t recall the last time someone asked me how I was doing outside the context of the upcoming “big day.”

This past week was tough. A three-day offsite required nearly all of my attention and energy and after-work group activities dictated my schedule, meaning I arrived home just in time to wash my face, brush my teeth and crash. An equally intense week for my fiance meant we were basically in the same boat each night — too exhausted to have any real conversations with one another and really just wanting to get to bed as soon as possible. I missed him (and our pup) intensely. All thoughts of the wedding were gone — there was no room in my brain to even consider them — which made it difficult to answer those aforementioned questions many, many times during the week. It also made me realize how much I just want to be married to my fiance. It’s not to say I’m lying when I answer that I’m excited about the wedding — I am. But, what I’m really excited about is our life together — and not having to answer those questions anymore.

And, I apologize if this narrative makes me seem ungrateful or annoyed that my friends, family, coworkers are interested in our wedding. I promise that’s not the case and I adore them for taking that interest because it is a really big deal (I get to marry the love of my life with all of my favorite people in attendance!). But, it doesn’t change the fact that I long for days to come when our wedding isn’t the focus of every conversation. When we can shift our focus to one of the 80 billion other things going on right now. When I can just be a normal married person instead of engaged — because, for as fortunate as I am that I have those friends, family, coworkers to ask about the wedding, I’m just really tired of talking about it. June 9 can’t come soon enough.

week in review  what I’m reading: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less + Sour Heart read Mindset: The New Psychology of Success + The Little Prince tried my hand at brewing beer celebrated International Women’s Day enjoyed a lovely mountain getaway with my loves final venue walkthrough + tasting for the wedding battled a terrible cold prepared + mailed our wedding invites(!) hosted monthly Denver Creates + welcomed many new writers purchased zero waste URL (new blog? website?) many trips to my local library saw Lorde (eh) food sensitivity test + received results played with new blog logos bonded with coworkers at offsite enjoyed bowling with coworkers (oh, and I won!) took a career risk (more details on this later) continued fighting with our contractors (how are people so awful?) podcasts: How I Built This, Tranquility du Jour many unsuccessful Hamiton lottery attempts wrote + posted week reflection wrote + posted 40 by 40

weekend happenings + intentions birthday brunch with two of my favorites pack for work trip pack for camping celebrate St. Paddy’s Day many errands relax + recharge from an overstimulated week prepare for big work presentation catch up on emails, etc.

week(s) reflection "No matter what happens, if at the end of the wedding day you are married to the person you love, then it was a roaring success!"