Reset

Monday is my day to reset for the week. I will get my ducks in a row - make some plans for health and home, and prepare for Grandson fun.  

Agenda:
1. Read "5 Resets"
2. Live a Lifetime in a Day plan
3. Care for the kitchen
4. Kid Camp Preparations

1. Read "5 Resets":

I started this book for Lent: "The 5 Resets: Rewire Your Brain and Body for Less Stress and More Resilience" (2024), by Aditi Nerurkar. I'm into the 5th and final reset: 

Bring Your Best Self Forward, about silencing my inner critic.

The next technique is to Live a Lifetime in a Day, which is about slowing down and "incorporating the six elements that make up the arc of a long and meaningful life ..." The steps:

• 
  Childhood - time to cultivate wonder and play, find a flow state (could be playing with the boys or in nature).
• Work - time to work, produce, achieve something, create meaning and purpose (could be creating art or writing my book).
• Vacation - time to unplug, relax, and escape; find pleasure, contentment (could be gardening or reading a book).
• Community - time with family or friends; find connection and community (could be an event or a phone call).
• Solitude - time alone to spark creativity and revive (I know what this one is).
• Retirement - time to pause and reflect, take stock of my life.

2. Live a Lifetime in a Day plan:
This seems like a wonderful exercise for the summer. It's an opportunity to slow down and relish everyday as it happens, redefine time in a welcoming and satisfying way, and build resilience. But it also seems like it could become another "task".  How can I build this idea into my day without too much fuss?

First of all - simplify. I'll combine and reduce to make my lifetime into these 3 parts:

1. Child - slow down and play with the boys or in nature.
2. Teen - time alone to spark creativity and courage.
3. Adult - work, produce, achieve something, create meaning and purpose with art or writing.
4. Grandma - time to unplug, relax, and escape to the garden or reading a book.

3. Care for the kitchen: 

My house care theme for this month is Basic Care and Zen Order. This means do the basics each week (sweeping, dusting, etc.) and find a zen balance of order that feels good.

This week I plan to:

• Clear the kitchen table and counters and only return what is essential. Find a new home for everything else. 
  
• Clear the refrigerator: Remove all the food from one shelf, and clean with a mild detergent.
• Clear out the bottom shelf in the laundry room and make it useable.

4. Kid Camp Preparations:

My theme this week is color, and I only have my two year-old grandson, so we will pre-school things like a color bin and collages, and sewing a rainbow cape!