After a lovely anniversary dinner – thanks Chef Kevin – last night, we are having a planning day. My extended family is coming over to our house Thursday for our holiday celebrations, and I am preparing the meal. This is the first time in my whole life I have ever hosted for Christmas. It is so exciting and so full of anxiety opportunities. However, I am determined to relax and have fun with it! I am taking my own advice, (shockingly difficult to do sometimes,) and am making a plan. I got out a BIG sketchpad and started making a mind map for all the things I wanted to do prior to their arrival.
The point of not just making a list on paper is to make me smile when I look at it. I even let the kids draw on it with me…even the 4-year-old. So far so good, I do love looking at it.
Today, the only thing I put on the schedule was to do the plan – DONE! However, it looks like I am going to get the chocolate dipped pretzels finished as well. YAY!
The key here is to not try and stuff too much into each day. The minute I start to feel overwhelmed I am stopping. Well, that’s the plan anyway!
My meditation is good. I find myself not resisting doing it at all. I am just accepting it as something I do everyday now. Strange.
I think the next step is 20 minutes twice a day, but that I am resisting. Seems like an awful lot of time away from the family. Still, I think it is the next step in ye olde spiritual growth path. We’ll see.
Day 15 Recap
Meditation Time: 20 minutes
Yoga: 0 minutes
Smiling with Liver: 3 minutes
# of times I yelled at my kids: 1
# of times I yelled at or got upset with hubbie: 0
# of times I felt overwhelmed by holiday stress: 0
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