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Monday, April 1, 2024

Simple Spring Focus - Five are enough!

Typing this while listening to the dog snore lol!

We ended March with a thoughtful and interesting discussion about 

  • what was still causing each of us stress or frustration a year after our move, 
  • how best to engage with our older granddaughter (which led to talking about the differences in our childhood experiences with grandparents), 
  • the challenges and importance of participating in other people’s well established family traditions & activities including our own experiences with each others family over the decades, 
  • what we are missing from our former day to day life and friendships.
No easy answers, but it was good to get it out in the open as a basis for doing better going forward. That talk led to me thinking about where to put my time and energy right now.

Focus 1 - April starts with us picking up our 7 year old granddaughter from her Spring break camp each day. Being a supportive local grandparent is a priority for me as is enjoying the time spent with the girls as well as our son and DIL. I will focus on spending time with the granddaughters.

Focus 2 - Celebrate our 43rd anniversary, son & DIL anniversary, Mother’s Day, and our son’s 41st birthday in person as well as our older DIL’s birthday long distance.

Focus 3 - Find a simple housekeeping routine that works. I’m still having a hard time knowing how to easily clean the main bath shower surfaces and how often routine tasks are necessary for example. Last month I deep cleaned, decluttered and reorganized the main bath and this month it will be the large bedroom.

Focus 4 - Lean into my Pilates exercises and walking for exercise in addition to walking the pup. No more talking myself out of doing that!

Focus 5 - Enjoy our yard more by creating a spot for sitting for coffee, wine or a meal. That means some patio end tables and a larger table of some sort. Perhaps a patio coffee table, bistro table or a 6 person table?




6 comments:

  1. I always like reading your focus points; it makes me think about my own. :)

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  2. Great things to focus on. I really need to think some on what I need to focus on.

    God bless.

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    1. It seems like you have a lot you focus on and do it really well.

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  3. congratulations on your 43 anniversary!!! We have 3 sitting areas in our yard with chairs and umbrellas and small tables. We like to sit in different areas depending on the sun and weather.

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    1. Same here in that we have 3 benches plus a bunch of chairs. A couple chairs are on our balcony. It is tables small and larger that we are missing.

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