Mid-Week Bump

I've been pretty consistently having a mid-week dip in energy, and today I want to look at ways to build momentum for the end of the week. I think I can be proactive, and make a plan to preserve the goodness of the week throughout each of the five days, so that I arrive at Saturday feeling fulfilled and content.

Agenda:

1. My bump plan

2. Renewal brainstorm:

3. Writing themes and passion flow plan:

1. My bump plan:

Ideas:

• Eat a high-protein breakfast for a sharper focus: French toast or rice pudding?
• Mid-week priority catch up: This week - a kid project and new sandpit.
• Clear some clutter to free mental space: Backyard
• Easy evening meal or dinner out.

2. Renewal brainstorm:

Every month before the Third Quarter Moon, I take some time to think about self-care, renewal, and "sharpening the saw"; that is, I look at my whole Being, and how I can live with more balance and resilience.

I try to renew all four dimensions of my life (body, mind, heart, and spirit), as Stephen Covey taught: I spend about an hour each day on a combination of physical, mental, and spiritual regeneration activities, plus work to improve my social skills and relationships. Today I will review how I'm doing, and make note of new ideas for the month ahead.

My ideas:

Body & Discipline: 

• Continue chair yoga stretches every morning; 
• Take a daily walk - stretches after walking; 
• Plan and prepare healthy lunches, snacks, dinners;
• Drink more water - aim for 3 glasses daily. 
• Get my teeth cleaned.
• Covid vaccine.

Mind & Vision: 

• Finish Ongo journal practices and make an ongoing plan;
• Research and write about Nature-Culture; 
• Think about reading for next month: Balance?Synergy?; 
• Self-expression with signs.

Spirit & Ethics: 

• Cultivate spiritual order (inner peace and purpose); 
• Enjoy nature daily with photos and grubbing; 
• Keep a "new narrative" journal, as a tool for creative shifts in awareness;
• Brainstorm next steps for earth care (Earth Week study).

Heart and passion: 

• Build trust by turning my reactive resistance into presence, effort, and follow-through; 
• Be in the moment with my grandsons;
• Stop and name my feelings and the sensations that accompany them in order to re-connect with my heart.

2. Writing themes and passion flow plan:

The next few days are the best block of time I have for healthy obsession for my writing project. Today I will set themes and topics for writing, research, and also some garden, advocacy, and community tasks to support that Nature-Culture flow through the next week.

My Nature-Culture theme this month is early spring renewal and awareness.

• Th: Reciprocity: Yard signs of Love (Start a "Love the Earth" sign)
• Fri: Reciprocity: Armchair wildlife habitat advocacy; Little plant library + talking to neighbors
• Sat: Sanctuary: Plant natives (Plan my next plantings)
• Sun: Awareness: Phenological planting correlations
• Mon: Natural Living: Waste free eating, zero waste shopping (Spring plastic round up walk)
• Tues: Hopeful shifts: Kid projects - make a nest