Aspiration

Wednesday is my day to re-group and re-define my week. First I make a plan for getting over the bump of the mid-week (not an issue this week because I've had an extended weekend!), then I re-envision my emotional tone and perspective.

Agenda today:

1. My plan for annual session mental health

2. Read "Your Heart Was Made for This"

3. New narrative

4. Mission haiku

First Quarter Moon of July

Tuesday is my day to look at my social and emotional self, and make an effort to shift my perspectives around how I view and treat the people in my life.

And tonight is also the First Quarter Moon; we are one-quarter of the way through the moon cycle. The moon is waxing - getting larger - until it's full again. Now is the time to remain flexible, use my obstacles as fuel for growth, and show full effort for priorities. The First Quarter is yang, a time to take decisive and smart action on my intentions; during the yin of the crescent moon, I got clarity and made a plans - now it is time to act on those plans. 

I use this July quarter moon's energy to discern my Truth and then act on it; this requires some discipline.

Agenda: 

1. Read "How to Deal with Anger"

2. Review my purpose

3. Review my priorities

4. Discern a way forward

5. Depth of purpose rituals

6. Make a full effort plan

Attention to Health Care

Monday is my day to reset for the week and

 get my ducks in a row - make some plans for health and home, and how I will step up for the Natural Living Challenge.

Since I'm out-of-town, I'll focus on health care today. And because I'm in the yin time of the waxing crescent moon, I'll take time to discern and create clarity. 

Agenda:

1. Read "How to Keep House While Drowning"

2. My health care priorities

3. Depth of purpose rituals

4. Create clarity

Sabbath for Attention

Sunday is my day to be quiet (at least for a while), with the spirit, in contemplation and prayer, and in community with nature and other bipeds.

The sabbath is a celebration, a holiday. I keep it holy with my attitude: I don't rush, complain, or worry. Everything I do has a flavor of peace. I schedule some work, but it's work I find fulfilling, or uplifting. Simple is a great word to describe my ideal activities for the sabbath: Simple tasks, simple foods, and an undemanding schedule.

And then - on the road again!

Agenda:

1. Read "Your Heart Was Made for This"

2. Journal challenges and needs

3. Nurturing my intentions

4. Expressing Needs in the World

Friday Proaction

Friday is my day for proaction: Proaction is taking initiative to anticipate and shape future events rather than simply reacting to circumstances as they happen. Some people think Covey should've just used the word ACT, but proaction requires a thought: "I could do this or I could do that; I choose to do this."

Agenda:

1. Summer action plan

3. Proaction and reciprocity plans

Make Things

Thursday is my day to open the door to creative thinking and doing; I've reverted to an earlier phase of my life, before painting and art school, when I was internally driven to Make Things, and they were varied and creative. But I'm also a different person now - as Grandma Earth Teacher I am led to make things that are a gift to the Earth in some way, sustainable, and with a message. 

Also, I (usually) need to prepare for the next week of Grandma Camps, with themes, projects, and field trips (but not this week).

Agenda: 

1. Read "The Sweet Spot"

2. Projects for the week