GRATITUDE: Happy for the long walk home from Pelham & Vince’s spontaneous overnight with Eric. After the night rain, the sun and breeze, and brunch in downtown San Mateo was so pleasant. Probably a little longer of a walk than I really felt up to, but we got our 10,000 steps for the day, stole a nap and some quiet before having to pick up the kids at 3.
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GRATITUDE: For evenings spent with friends, even though it meant the kids were suffering another camp out in the rain at Pfeiffer Big Sur.
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GRATITUDE: Discovering the most perfect chill spot with a view for lunch with Jasper.
FOCUS: Eric asked me how I was going to find time for myself today in between taking him to BART, Jasper to OT, and Juniper on her Friday beanie club excursion. Small moments here and there, mostly reading on the kindle or listening to music in snippets throughout the day.
INSPIRATION: “The opposite of anxiety isn’t calm, it’s trust.” -Barry Prizant quoting someone else in episode 72 on his podcast
GRATITUDE: Establishing weekly coffee shop dates/check-ins with Jasper & Juniper.
FOCUS: Getting everybody set up and primed for our February habits, including myself.
INSPIRATION: Currently listening to a new audiobook by David Finch, podcast cohost to Barry Prizant who wrote Uniquely Human – A Different Way of Seeing Autism.
GRATITUDE: Time in the garden outside today, it’s been awhile and it feels good to be thinking about Spring and what might I have time and energy to grow despite the neglect of last year.
FOCUS: Finishing Neurotribes today, such an interesting journey following the timeline of autism during the last 100 years. Highly recommend to all.
INSPIRATION: Look into James Marcia’s four identity stages which are diffusion (low exploration, low commitment), foreclosure (low exploration, high commitment), moratorium (high exploration, low commitment), and achievement (high exploration, high commitment).
GRATITUDE: Finally getting out of the house for a family walk at Seal Point.
FOCUS: Go to bed on time. Leave no dishes in the sink before sleeping.
INSPIRATION: @peopleiveloved
GRATITUDE: Feeling slightly bad the morning and day didn’t include the kids more -Juniper did come for a very short walk & Jasper recognized his exhaustion from the long week/very excitable Friday D&D, OT, having Henry over for pizza & movie night and decided to stay home – however, still relishing my lunch date with Eric at Mints & Honey, plus a walk fueled by a caffeinated oat milk latte afterwards.
FOCUS: Trying to be understanding of everyone needing some downtime. It was a beautiful day to be out & about (hints of spring at the end of January), but taking time for deep breath and realizing some days will be filled with screens (which I can also sympathize).
INSPIRATION: The warm sun on my bare arms.
GRATITUDE: Playing afternoon hooky from school post eye doctor appointment with Jasper. Taking time to look at his Murder & Mayhem report and figure out how to move forward with Beast Academy before a walk to the library together.
FOCUS: Not really succeeding on the front today…hard when the day is filled with appointments. I guess just taking each moment as it comes today.
INSPIRATION:
Instead of asking, ‘Have I worked hard enough to deserve to rest?’, I’ve started asking, ‘Have I rested enough to do my most loving, meaningful work?’.
Nicola lane Hobbs
GRATITUDE: A morning spent with friends and coffee for every few months catch up/sanity check-in. So thankful to have been blessed with these strong, intelligent mamas in my life to share stories, lean on, support, and grow with. This journey would be so different without anyone who understands our unique children, the challenges/hurdles, and celebrate the joys no more how little or big.
FOCUS: Really gave myself a day off from thinking about the should/must do list after feeling kind of run down. Allowed myself to just enjoy the morning and then even took a nap before the kids came home. Feeling so much better this evening.
INSPIRATION: Reminder not to get too stuck in routine, what’s working now might not be the case next year, next month/week, even tomorrow.
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FOCUS: Scheduled our first two campsites at Yellowstone! Set about to return a bunch of things that needed returning. Mentally starting prepping to do taxes.
INSPIRATION: Seeing the spark in Jasper’s eyes to work on his D&D character (despite him forgetting to do it last minute), and witnessing his ability to work under a time crunch when it’s something that he loves doing.