The last 100 Days of 2020!!!!

I'm back and as I return to blogging, I'm doing so to share my 100 day Challenge with you! 

What are you going to do with the LAST 100 days of 2020???

During a time when everything feels so out of control and the calendar continues to be a record of cancelled/postponed events. We isolate more and keep our social distance. 

Even upon the return to school/work...the new normal looks like this:

Chromebooks were distributed and teachers are the only humans in the school buildings as our students are taught virtually. I sit in a corner of my office area and meet with classes/teachers like this:

As I start my 33rd year of teaching, as you can imagine, this is all so unimaginable.

I feel even worse for our students and their families.

Six months into this pandemic, I find myself tired and unmotivated. 

But I'm tired of feeling blah. 

I've chosen to control THAT which I CAN and plan to share my journey here with you as this first, give me accountability and second, if I motivate just one other person to do the same...that makes my day. 

So HOW do we stay motivated?

HOW do we reach our goal?

1. CONSISTENCY

2. Your workouts should "pump" you up! 

3. Make it a habit of "showing up" for yourself.

4. Create healthy habits for yourself.

Mine include:

Fitness. I move everyday!!!

Committed to a nutrition program.

Committed to daily personal development.

Keeping an affirmation journal.

Tracking it all!

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How do you start?

1. COMMIT...this actually will give you a sense of control.

2. Identify your WHY! (More on this to come in future posts.)

3. MOVE...find an exercise outlet that your enjoy!

On top of my daily walks, I'm committing to:

4. READ NON-FICTION...get the positivity of others in your head.

5. WRITE...daily. I will be doing THAT right here on the blog.

6. TRACK IT ALL...I have my traveler's notebook for this and LOVE to track everything.

Okay....so here we go...take control of these last 100 days of 2020.

Set a goal for yourself and share it with us.

Because...

With SMILES. Val

New Year=New Calendars!!

What's your calendar habit?

One of my favorite New Year's project is to update all my new calendars with birthday's, anniversaries and special events. I pour myself a warm cup of tea, put on a sappy, easy to watch movie, pull out my huge notebook of Mrs. Grossman's stickers leftover from my scrapbooking days and get decorating!  

We have one kitchen calendar:

And I have a personal calendar/planner. 

This always seems to take on a different form each year, having yet to find a system that works for me. I want all my "stuff" together in one place. Thus, after spending a couple of week's reading and researching on Pinterest and U-Tube, I'm going to give a Traveler's Notebook a try this year:

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Since this is something I'm going to use everyday, I splurged and treated myself to a beautiful leather notebook from Chic Sparrow. I ordered the Deluxe Tea House Earl Grey in a WIDE size.  I found a little Etsy shoppe called the: yellowpaperhouse.com that had exactly the inserts I was looking for. 

I ordered all of mine in the Cahier size. 

 Here's the notebooks I decorated and titles I set up:

The top three are my Monthly Calendar, Weekly Reflection and
Week at a Glance notebooks.

The list lover in me is already enjoying this layout and  

and I'm planning to include a picture of the week:

My three other notebooks include: 

My Food Tracker

Project Sketch Book

and finally this one I labeled "PLAY":

It's called a Junque Journal and inside is a fun mixture of assorted papers to experiment with...mixed media, watercolor, black paper, craft and colored cardstock also lots of paper in an assortment of grid, lined and dot!! 

It's my intention to grow in my creative self expression this year. I think I'm all set. Because:

“Life’s not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it’s about doing, being and becoming.”

 – Mike Dooley, author, speaker, and entrepreneur

With SMILES! Val

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