#today I am #grateful4
1) #instacart allowing us to purchase two sleeping bags for youth who are #unhoused right now and living in a tent. Hopefully, they were warm last night.
2) not having to pay out-of-pocket for my expensive medications which keep me healthy and functioning.
3) Paper #planners which let me organize the chaos of my life into something manageable. I personally love #PassionPlanner.
4) Another #SeattleKraken win! #nhlmastodon

My 2023 Passion Planner arrived in the mail today, and I enjoyed planning out this first week of January. Surgery last January then an unexpected health challenge in September kept me from planning out much of last year. I’m excited about a fresh start on every level and every way this year! #passionplanner #planning #freshstart #newyear #adaptingtochange #grateful #mindfulness #planner #newoutcomes #continuedrecovery @passionplanner

#PassionPlanner plus #BirdsEyeView plus #PartyOfOne ? Of course I #AmJournaling! It’s just the right time for an #EndOfMonthReview 🖤

#PassionPlanner plus #BirdsEyeView plus #PartyOfOne ? Of course I #AmJournaling! It’s just the right time for an #EndOfMonthReview 🖤

This week my #notetoself in my #passionplanner is about a lot of things but also about not sitting at my work desk all day without taking a break every hour to stretch. Thank you, #planner, for keeping track of my shit.

Also, wow, I need to get the rest of my week onto the page.

There’s an old video about upstairs neighbors making sounds like an art form. When their downstairs neighbor finally knocks on the door, this is how they dismiss the concerns (followed by swiftly closing the door). It cracks me up no end and reminds me that I am the person best suited to take care of me. So, this week’s #passionplanner #notetoself is ridic but it works for me. And I used, as ever, #pipsticks to decorate. Everything is pink because I color code my #planner - pink is social.

This week’s #passionplanner #notetoself is really about advice my therapist gave me when I was 13 years old, namely that I get to control my reactions to things. (It was complicated advice at the time and remains so but that’s good for me. Things are never simple.) And thus I am going to smile while enforcing my boundaries and remember that it’s good for everyone involved whether other folks like it or not. My good cheer is MINE.

This week’s #passionplanner #notetoself - I think Thanksgiving is a bullshit holiday and I am not Christian. But I love having people over and feeding them and feeling that whole acknowledgement of loving relationships thing.

I mostly express this via twinkle lights and ribbon because wrapping presents is also the greatest.

These kinds of notes in my #planner really do work because I see them so frequently - they are a constant reminder and that helps me internalize the message.