This week was Recovering a sense of Autonomy. Not gonna like - forgot what that meant and had to look it up - the right or condition of self government. Ok so I'm guessing regulate myself yes?
How sad is it that this is the week I fell off the pages more than ever. LOL! Guess I'm not self governing that very well. But let's be honest - the pages and me have a sordid relationship. No regrets though - what it has helped me realize is working out in the morning and sticking to that routine is much more important and better for my well being. I do plan to journal more - but when I feel like it. I do like writing sometimes before bed, especially if Pat is reading, and I do find that some mornings when I have nothing to do for a while I can sit and have my coffee and write. That is what the pages will be for me.
So this week was basically just a lot of writing tasks. I think I found this week the least fun, only because the tasks felt more"Homeworky" to me than other weeks.
I did do most of them. (Not all...some I just can't bring myself to do - like write a letter to myself and mail it? No.)
But one was take 7 pages to write 10 wishes in each of these categories: Health, Possessions, Leisure, Relationships, Creativity, Career and Spirituality. I filled in every page - except Career - that one I said RETIRE. Literally the only thing I want from my Career right now. Spirituality I struggled with too because I really just want to continue to have faith in the Universe.
For my Artists Date this week I went on a bike ride! I used to love riding my beach cruiser. When I used to live near the beach I'd ride down there all the time. Sadly I've had to part with my favorite beach cruiser (The Pink Panther I used to call her) but I do have access to another bike. Pat's kiddo no longer uses it so it's basically now my bike. So I thought - I'm taking it out for my Artists Date. We live near the Santa Ana River Trail so I decided to take a ride down to Hart Park. It's about an hour total so that'd be perfect.
Lessons Learned - I probably should have Pat show me how to ride a bike with speeds and gears and what not. I forgot the breaks are not on the pedals so that was a fun almost crash. This type of bike is also skinnier and lighter than my big ol cruiser - also almost crashed a few times. I also saw other people riding bikes like this and had helmets...do I need a helmet? But aside from those lessons and almost crashing a total of about 5 times - it was just lovely! I forget how much I love riding my bike and also how far you can get riding a bike via walking. It also was a really good work out (Probably also because when I went up hills I had no idea how to adjust the gears so I huffed it.) There is going to be many more bike rides worked back into my life for sure! I've missed this.
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| She's so wee |
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| Didn't crash! |
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| Poe's fave spot aka The Dog Park |
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| Hart Park -I used to play softball here! |
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| Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment |
So Week 11 done! Only one more week of this journey and then I'll start right into the next one!
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| I should paint this bike to be more me.... |
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