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Podcast: Best Laid Plans

life Weekend

FRI YAY!

1- NEW MONTH ALERT! It’s December! I don’t usually look at my annual goals list when doing goals for the month, but I reviewed them when I recorded our annual BOBW Goals ep so they are fresh in my mind. There are some that…

December 1, 2023
Best Laid Plans life Reading

This month was a lot

NOV –> DEC It’s November 30!!!! What a month. SERIOUSLY, a very packed and emotionally charged month. A mini-recap of things that happened in November: Truly, after all that — I am hoping for a really peaceful December. My goal is to rest, reflect,…

November 30, 2023

Craving a day . . .

I am really really craving a day OFF. One thing I am really committed to doing in 2024 is more intentional scheduling for my podcast/etc work. I do think I’ve done a great job finding a productive rhythm this year — when I first…

November 29, 2023
life

Crunch Time

The next few weeks are going to be full REALLY full. Reasons: The good news is that I’m taking off from work Dec 19 – Jan 3. The first half will be largely solo parenting (kids have school Dec 19 though which will be…

November 28, 2023
Fitness

Weekly Workouts

I am very much looking forward to Monday (it has been a tough week!) but it’s been decent from a fitness standpoint. As I discussed I’ve moved on to my ‘recovery period’ even though I didn’t actually do my goal race! My knee/leg is…

November 26, 2023
life

Grateful For:

The “weirdly specific“: The general: So far, operation RELENTLESSLY CALM has been working. I hope I can keep it going! H A P P Y T H A N K S G I V I N G!…

November 23, 2023
Budget

Not really shopping

I KNOW, all the Black Friday deals. But something about the collective buying frenzy tends to turn me off just when prices are at their lowest. I learned a long time ago that settling for something close-to-but-not-quite-right on sale only backfires: I end up…

November 22, 2023
Fitness life

Mindset Shifts

CALL It’s my last call week of 2023! When I found out (like, in August 2022) that I’d be covering Thanksgiving I had some initial disappointment but then realized that a) this means I won’t have do cover any ‘major’ holiday in 2024 (there…

November 21, 2023