Jacqueline Wolven

July Core Focus

July is all about health and fitness and getting serious about a 5K and eating healthy. Oh, I didn't realize that until I looked at my book! I wrote these intentions in January, but I am excited about it. I can do this, I know I can.

1. Exercise Every Day - No Excuses. - I will write what I do on my calendar in the kitchen. The big one that is available for everyone to see. Accountability.
2. Restart Couch to 5K. - Now, my husband doesn't really think I should run a 5K... he says I am fine just walking, but I can do this. So, back to the training I go.
3. Practice Plank. I want to be able to hold the plank position for 1 minute by the end of the month. I know, it doesn't seem like much, but it is my hope.
4. Sugar. I eat pretty healthy, but I like sweet things. My husband bakes and also is a little in love with sweet things. I can cut these out. I'll just switch to fruit. It's July after all, this can't be that hard. Right?

My goal isn't to weigh what I did in high school, run very fast, or even be skinny. I just want to experience my body in the best possible shape it can be in at 43. 

Note: This is my year long project One Little Word inspired by Ali Edwards. #onelittleword

June Outside Focus Recap

I did head outside more in June. Not any big hikes or challenges, but small little things that made a difference to our world. We traveled to rural Minnesota, I spoke at the Rural Arts and Culture Summit,  and drove through countless hours of countryside that inspired us to clean up our act a little. Minnestoans are tidy folks, I tell ya! When we got home were inspired to clean up all the weird things that lingered in our yard. We are mowing like crazy - which means acres with a push mower and an incredible work out. We cleaned up even more junk that was just sitting around. I replanted salvia into new pots in the yard. We are weeding, gardening and the garden IS exploding.

We walked a lot, most days, but not everyday. 

I did not record my life like I wanted to. I am not attached to my camera yet, but this is a goal that I will keep year round. I am a planner and a doer, not a recorder, so it is a new behavior for me to document. It is going to take more than a month.

All in all, it was lovely and I spent more time outside than I normally do.

Note: This is my year long project One Little Word inspired by Ali Edwards. #onelittleword

May UnFocus

May is all about Unfocusing. Relax. Let go. Relaxation in the sense of hanging out doing nothing is not my cup of tea. Doing. Planning. Solving problems. Those are the things that get me excited. I know, though, that a certain amount of relaxation is important to lower stress.

It is a month of small goals.

1. No rushing. Not to a place, project or person.
2. Celebrate quiet moments. Relishing in the fact that I live in a cottage in the woods and am surrounded by nature.
3. Yoga most days, meditation, also, most days. These are the two practices that I will use to relax.

Seems simple enough.

Note: This is my year long project One Little Word inspired by Ali Edwards. #onelittleword