SIMPLIFYING| Trying to teach with less steps. Trying to have one spot for stuff. Trying to realize that it is less about cute binders and cute boxes or notebooks and more about just finding what works and going with it.
LISTENING| To podcasts. Because I realize I have a lot of time in my brain in my "in-between" times and I want to fill it with that which renews and refreshes. Sometimes it is quiet. Sometimes it is music. Sometimes it is just listening...and I think Pocasts are the way that I can sharpen my listening in a way that I want to become.
WISHING| That the pool was open more. Going back to school schedule has been tough in this and I need to decide does that mean I go in the morning or does it mean I go at night? But knowing that I need to invest in this because being in the water is essential to my being.
INVESTING| In the heart of life. My boys. My marriage. My niece and nephew. My heart...both physically and emotionally. My soul. In what matters a little more all the time.
PURCHASING | Very little. Because we are in major disciple mode after living it up for the summer. We are in "let's go to Del Taco and get $0.69 taco life" And going to the grocery store and putting stuff back because we literary only brought $23 and that's what was left in groceries. AND IT IS OK. It means the chocolate almond milk can wait. It means chips can wait. And instead you buy flour and broccoli and it is this awesome reminder of how to truly invest in what matters...even/especially in your health. Way cool.
READING | So much at once. Living with a Seal, Chasing Water, magazines, websites, emails, texts, info from teachers, "how-to's so I can learn new...like making videos and link parents to my Google Classroom. And being ok that I can only do so much at once and sometimes you just get the big idea of stuff and that is ok. Not every book has to be finished...not every idea has to be put into action .
FINDING | That I can still "be" even when it is just for 15 minutes or for windows of time. Finding that it is ok to play with pictures and invest in what refuels me at night and not just wait till the weekend.
GIVING THANKS | Because if I don't I will lose it. I will lose perspective. I will lose heart. I will forget that this life is full of gifts and I will get covered in poop (literally) and I will get mad that I have to cook and clean and share my space and my right to peace and quiet and...yeah all that. The yuck of our hearts that we need to cleanse because no matter how much we want to act and BE a certain way we still struggle with the real right in front of us.
So here are a few of the things I am thankful for...
Walks. Walks at night and time to process. Running. Waking up early to run and saying this is what we always were excited to do in life. Swimming. Always. Enough said. Coloring, and that Faith had so much fun doing it with me and looked forward to it for days. Legos. Because my boys have such amazing ideas and invest their time there. Peace and Quiet. Because if if is is rare it still happens and it is not something I take for granted. Like waking up at 4:30 because I can't sleep and seeing that as a gift rather than a curse. Coffee and wine. Because sometimes these are just the things that bring routine and a certain cycle of waking up and winding down. Both good. Micah's new school and both days that he gets paws and days that he does not. So much learning going on. And sometimes the hard brings the most growth and reward. Hope. So much hope right now. Seasons. Because with them holds the beauty of embracing what is in front of you and also the gift of looking back.
PURCHASING | Very little. Because we are in major disciple mode after living it up for the summer. We are in "let's go to Del Taco and get $0.69 taco life" And going to the grocery store and putting stuff back because we literary only brought $23 and that's what was left in groceries. AND IT IS OK. It means the chocolate almond milk can wait. It means chips can wait. And instead you buy flour and broccoli and it is this awesome reminder of how to truly invest in what matters...even/especially in your health. Way cool.
READING | So much at once. Living with a Seal, Chasing Water, magazines, websites, emails, texts, info from teachers, "how-to's so I can learn new...like making videos and link parents to my Google Classroom. And being ok that I can only do so much at once and sometimes you just get the big idea of stuff and that is ok. Not every book has to be finished...not every idea has to be put into action .
FINDING | That I can still "be" even when it is just for 15 minutes or for windows of time. Finding that it is ok to play with pictures and invest in what refuels me at night and not just wait till the weekend.
GIVING THANKS | Because if I don't I will lose it. I will lose perspective. I will lose heart. I will forget that this life is full of gifts and I will get covered in poop (literally) and I will get mad that I have to cook and clean and share my space and my right to peace and quiet and...yeah all that. The yuck of our hearts that we need to cleanse because no matter how much we want to act and BE a certain way we still struggle with the real right in front of us.
So here are a few of the things I am thankful for...
Walks. Walks at night and time to process. Running. Waking up early to run and saying this is what we always were excited to do in life. Swimming. Always. Enough said. Coloring, and that Faith had so much fun doing it with me and looked forward to it for days. Legos. Because my boys have such amazing ideas and invest their time there. Peace and Quiet. Because if if is is rare it still happens and it is not something I take for granted. Like waking up at 4:30 because I can't sleep and seeing that as a gift rather than a curse. Coffee and wine. Because sometimes these are just the things that bring routine and a certain cycle of waking up and winding down. Both good. Micah's new school and both days that he gets paws and days that he does not. So much learning going on. And sometimes the hard brings the most growth and reward. Hope. So much hope right now. Seasons. Because with them holds the beauty of embracing what is in front of you and also the gift of looking back.
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