Highlight(s): Jen came with us yesterday when Lauren and I walked Abby and Lucy, and she'll come again today, too. I enjoyed the added company and like that it's a graduated exposure to the neighborhood, too. I think it's awkward for her. How can it not be? I found and started going through a long-forgotten stash of shirts under Tommy's bed. I sorted out the 'keepers' and those to donate. I'm obsessing a bit in a minimalist manner over what's enough and what's excessive. Like the gift Jen gave me of clothes when I already have too much as it is. I went to see Linda yesterday evening. I fed her dinner and talked to her. She replied most of the time, and although she's moderately better than yesterday, it's still brutal to sit and see her so compromised. Walking out the door and leaving her there feels almost cruel.
Accomplishment(s): I rolled out the whole "Kanban" stuff at work. Found and fixed an issue that will likely make it all the more successful.
Gratitude: Listening to Daily Calm meditation hit home as far as gratitudes go. It was an excellent reflection at the end of a year living through love and loss. To have been here to experience them in the first place is a gift. That puts it all into perspective.
Goal(s): I'm going to make some habit changes right away this weekend to carve out more time for high-priority things, including writing and connections. I wrestle greatly with "how and when," given that my time is spent working, responding to, and addressing the needs and desires of others before and after work, and I want my evenings back to form and maintain connections. Maybe I'll return to a brief recap journal at EOD and start with a more in-depth exploration each day. TBD.
Anticipation: Revisiting Linda to say HNY. Dinner with Jen and Lauren. Vertellis, captured, to end the year.
Health: Weight: 160 (↓)
Habits: Mediation Presence Gratitude Calm Action Friendship Family