Inner Circle Personal Day Eight – Monday

Inner Circle Personal Day Eight – Monday

Clarity is everything.

Keeping track brings clarity.

I love Mondays!  They’re a new beginning!  This was my Facebook post when Gary and I were out walking Koca before 8 am today.   One road, two different views – depends which way you look…

Of course, it ended up being a lovely day.  But, if you’re inclined to judge a book by its cover, it could have gone either way.

Mondays are a good day to revisit your values, opportunities, and goals and make necessary navigational shifts.  I like to leave Mondays unscheduled to get work caught up, and new things started.  Sometimes it’s nice to have a free day when we feel inspired. 

I’m not totally unscheduled on Mondays because that’s team meeting day too.  It gives them a day to set goals and be inspired.

I’m doing well with my goals.  The increase in water has been impressive.  Very easy when you set yourself up to win with the water at your fingertips.  That is a no effort win. Easy.

I’ve decided this week my big efforts or maybe, my smart move to find a no effort win is for consistent 8 hours of sleep.  That means breathing to reduce stress, I’ve done better at that.  Gratitude lists here.  Taking care of things that cause me stress so I don’t carry them over to the next day.  Keep up the good work on exercise, food, and little to no television.

 

 

 

Funny story: I listed everything I’d like in my salads this week, and Gary tried to put it all in one salad today (I’d like a rolling eyes emoji here.)  Plus, then, he wanted roasted vegetables – another emoji – well, I couldn’t eat all of that even if I I had one of each thing.    I know.  I’m lucky he tries to make me happy.  I stopped him in time.  We just had his roasted vegetables, and he had his chicken, and I had some hemp seeds… so it was a good salad…but let me tell you what I kept off and saved for later meals.

  1. apples, walnuts, celery
  2. pears, almonds
  3. strawberries, pecans
  4. tomatoes, pine nuts

Yes, that would have been one heck of a salad.

  1. Those lemons are there because I will be better about adding lemon to my water once a day.  I’ve gotten a little lax about that.  Lemon and cayenne are a nice way to start the day.  I have fixings for golden milk too.  I will have that, too, night.  I don’t know when I will have time to eat.  I have so much to drink.
  •  Gary, very grateful for him
  • My family
  • my neighbors
  • Amanda – oh my gosh
  • marble
  • sunshine
  • lizards
  • my brother inviting us for dinner even if we can’t go but especially when we can
  • more tomorrow

 

 

Tomorrow

  1. Add lemon to my water once
  2. Journal here at the end of the afternoon before dinner
  3. Sleep longer by going to bed early.  Skip my glass of wine.

8000 steps

weights ubwo -good one

10 ounces mind alert coffee

80 ounces water with alkaline/calcium-magnesium

2 piece of Ezekiel bread

Green juice

salad w/home made garlic dressing and roasted veggies

Supplements

Vit K2/D3, Vit B12, Probiotic, enzymes

 

Cathy Sykora

Health Coach/ Interior Designer / Naturopath

I know!  Funny combination.  Like everything in life, you do what you love, continue to learn, stay open to possibility, and it all works together to make wonderful things happen.
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Inner Circle Personal Day Six and Seven Weekend

Inner Circle Personal Day Six and Seven Weekend

Clarity is everything.

Keeping track brings clarity.

I was sore.  I’m testing Amanda’s Demon Strength Battle Balm against my Peppermint Oil and Deep Blue.  I did two days of water aerobics this week and tried to be smart in form, but over accomodated for my bad arm and my rotator cuff is very sore.  So is my upper thigh…that’s a good sore though.

Saturday was supposed to be my day to rest, but I tried to work, and everything worked backward on me, so I gave up halfway through the day and rested.  Good thinking.  I still got 11,000 steps in (leisurely) and had a fun day.  Sunday, we went to change out my mom’s hearing aid filters and expected to need to make a trip to West Palm to get those fixed and were able to fix them ourselves, so we had the entire day to play!

It was also Sykora’s 19th birthday.   I’m looking forward to another visit with all of our grandchildren soon.  We’re doing the Storyworth, and I’m finding a vast difference in what I remember for me and what I remember for my grandchildren.  I’m looking forward to talking to them about it.  I think it’s interesting the way I think of the attention and love we give babies and what they may feel and be aware of.

I’m winning at the water increase!  I’m keeping up with journaling and finding ways to keep up with the time imposition of doing it online.  While I love the water aerobics, I’m going to find ways to avoid overcompensating and injuring myself.  I’m going for a cross between adding fun activity and safety.

 

Tomorrow

  1. Get those timers working
  2. Get my own water aerobics set
  3. Sleep longer by going to bed early.  

10000 minimum steps

strawberry/protein smoothie

10 ounces mind alert coffee

80 ounces water with alkaline/calcium-magnesium

2 piece of Ezekiel bread

Green juice

salad

Supplements

Vit K2/D3, Vit B12, Probiotic, enzymes

 

Cathy Sykora

Health Coach/ Interior Designer / Naturopath

I know!  Funny combination.  Like everything in life, you do what you love, continue to learn, stay open to possibility, and it all works together to make wonderful things happen.
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Inner Circle Personal Day Five

Inner Circle Personal Day Five

Clarity is everything.

Keeping track brings clarity.

Today was my second day in water aerobics.  These ladies are hardcore!  They go through two class rotations!  It was fun because I got over 3000 steps in during the water aerobics.  I kept up!  I’m proud of all of us.  We talked about starting a volleyball team – not just any volleyball.  Pool volleyball.  I think that will be fun.  Almost all of our programs speak about finding fun exercise for you.  When we were little, we played softball and basketball and swam on the swim team.  My kids played hockey.  They didn’t think of it as exercise; they thought of it as fun and competition and things they could do with their friends.  We can do that.  As grownups, we can have fun too.

I’m looking forward to putting together a volleyball team.  Not so much to joining my husband in pickle ball, but those water games and bicycle riding are fun.

Do you reward yourself?  I think rewards are an important part of goal setting and reaching goals.  My favorite rewards are things like massage and facials.  They give me incentive and are healthy rewards.

My activity and eating is good.  I’m sleeping a little better because I’m going to bed earlier.  It could still stand some improvement.  My water consumption is excellent, my eating is good.  I’ve been active and my work is getting done.

March is Nutrition Month.  Live Your Best Life has Mediterranean Recipes and I thought I’d share some here.  Enjoy this healthy recipe.

 

 

Tomorrow

  1. Fill an 80 ounce container with water to empty through the day
  2. Journal here at the end of the afternoon before dinner
  3. Sleep longer by going to bed early.  Skip my glass of wine.

by 2:48 – walked 6000 steps – 2 flights of steps

water aerobics

strawberry/protein smoothie

10 ounces mind alert coffee

80 ounces water with alkaline/calcium-magnesium

2 piece of Ezekiel bread

Green juice

thai salad w/garbanzo beans and nuts

Supplements

Vit K2/D3, Vit B12, Probiotic, enzymes

 

Cathy Sykora

Health Coach/ Interior Designer / Naturopath

I know!  Funny combination.  Like everything in life, you do what you love, continue to learn, stay open to possibility, and it all works together to make wonderful things happen.
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Inner Circle Personal Day Four

Inner Circle Personal Day Four

Clarity is everything.

Keeping track brings clarity.

So, I think I can live with this.  I tried the Focus Greens today.  It isn’t something I will crave yet, but someday I may.  It sure beats spending 45 minutes shopping for vegetables, 30 minutes washing and juicing, 15 minutes disposing of the pulp, and 15 minutes cleaning up.  I poured it and drank it.  It was tasty.  No sugar added, 10g of carbs, 45 calories, and 15 lbs. of produce in each juice!  Do you know what was best?  There was no Styrofoam.  I don’t particularly appreciate receiving anything in Styrofoam.  I had to buy a lot of it at once, but it’s supposed to last for six weeks.  I’ll let you know how the flavor lasts.  There are three different combinations and some shots.  Gary had taken over juicing and cleaning for me and was tired of doing it, and I didn’t want to take it back up but didn’t want to give up juice.  I do crave juice.  It feels good and clean and satisfies my thirst better than water.

My days were typical when my b-school girls used to have me do a day in my life when they were first starting out.  Now they vary.  Since I got to south Florida, my days have altered a lot.  I figured I would work less and hand it over to Ashlie.  I’m going to be very frank.  I just thought I’d work two days a week and weekend five days.  Ashlie had other ideas.  She returned to school for her doctorate and isn’t working for me.  Amanda has taken up part of her work, Sylvie has taken part, and I’m not working two days a week.  The miraculous thing that happened was one of my podcast guests wrote a book, Things That Matter, by Joshua Becker.  While I was speed-reading it to do the interview, something hit me.  Leisure, which I struggled to attain, didn’t really trip my trigger.  I love my work.  I love my job a lot.  My work matters.  Leisure is abundant, and I don’t have to struggle for it.  I can take a 10-minute break, and I’m showered with leisure, but my work is essential.  So here I am.  I will end my life with minimal regrets by continuing to do what I am doing now.

 

I have more of everything here.  I have more family responsibilities with my mom here.  I have more friends.  Sometimes I’m tempted to take on more responsibility in my neighborhood and community, but I maintain boundaries.  So, back to my typical day. 

7 am, a 30-minute walk around two lakes

7:30 am breakfast

7:45 work

8:15 weights

9 meeting

9:30 water aerobics

10:30 meeting

11:30 walk 20 minutes

12 lunch

1 meeting

2 write

3 break /read

4 write

5 dinner

5:30 walk

6 read

On Mondays, I go over my goals and to-dos; on Tuesdays, I’m all in on work; Wednesdays, I usually have webinars or workshops; Thursdays, I work in the morning and the afternoon, do things for my mom.  Friday mornings, I get caught up on paperwork, and on afternoons I do something with my friends.  Saturdays, I veg out unless we have a big project to complete.  Sundays, I visit with family and friends.

I got my alerts set.

I’m still waiting to hear back from doctors.  sigh…  and I found a good doctor with lots of good recommendations!  My mom loved her doctor and still isn’t happy but I’m relieved.

 

 

Tomorrow

  1. Fill an 80 ounce container with water to empty through the day
  2. Journal here at the end of the afternoon before dinner
  3. Find a gentle, doctor who is smart and has common sense for my mom

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by 2:48 – walked 6000 steps – 2 flights of steps

water aerobics

strawberry/protein smoothie

10 ounces mind alert coffee

80 ounces water with alkaline/calcium-magnesium

2 piece of Ezekiel bread

roasted vegetables with pine nuts – Gary ate my chicken breast 3oz,  and I had his

broccoli

salad and black beans and rice

Supplements

Vit K2/D3, Vit B12, Probiotic, multi-vit

 

Cathy Sykora

Health Coach/ Interior Designer / Naturopath

I know!  Funny combination.  Like everything in life, you do what you love, continue to learn, stay open to possibility, and it all works together to make wonderful things happen.
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Inner Circle Personal Day Three

Inner Circle Personal Day Three

Clarity is everything.

Keeping track brings clarity.

So, I think I can live with this.  I tried the Focus Greens today.  It isn’t something I will crave yet, but someday I may.  It sure beats spending 45 minutes shopping for vegetables, 30 minutes washing and juicing, 15 minutes disposing of the pulp, and 15 minutes cleaning up.  I poured it and drank it.  It was tasty.  No sugar added, 10g of carbs, 45 calories, and 15 lbs. of produce in each juice!  Do you know what was best?  There was no Styrofoam.  I don’t particularly appreciate receiving anything in Styrofoam.  I had to buy a lot of it at once, but it’s supposed to last for six weeks.  I’ll let you know how the flavor lasts.  There are three different combinations and some shots.  Gary had taken over juicing and cleaning for me and was tired of doing it, and I didn’t want to take it back up but didn’t want to give up juice.  I do crave juice.  It feels good and clean and satisfies my thirst better than water.

I had two big wins besides that.  I started water aerobics today!  It was wonderful!  I loved it.  4 hours later, my hair is still wet.  I’m not sure how that works, but isn’t that wonderful that you can wake up in the morning with no intention for something like that and be committed to a new routine.  Plus I have extra energy for the day.

I’m drinking straight water today – well, straight with some alkaline and magnesium added to it with Sango Coral sachets.  I added the sachets to spring water in a glass bottle ready refresh gave me, shook it up and poured it into a cup.  It’s quite refreshing and I’m not missing my tea.

I need to reset my hourly reminders.

I found my mom a doctor but she’s already seen her and didn’t love her so I’m back to the drawing board on that.  I’m waiting for one to call me back for me…for two days.  (I wish there was a rolling eye emoji here.)

 Our little Inner Circle Personal is growing; slowly, but surely.  I think everyone will do well if you practice it like I have so far.  I’m go to take a small break and finish my work book, then come back and journal for the day.

My schedule is getting reworked since I’m taking a podcasting hiatus.

My days were typical when my b-school girls used to have me do a day in my life when they were first starting out.  Now they vary.  Since I got to south Florida, my days have altered a lot.  I figured I would work less and hand it over to Ashlie.  I’m going to be very frank.  I just thought I’d work two days a week and weekend five days.  Ashlie had other ideas.  She returned to school for her doctorate and isn’t working for me.  Amanda has taken up part of her work, Sylvie has taken part, and I’m not working two days a week.  The miraculous thing that happened was one of my podcast guests wrote a book, Things That Matter, by Joshua Becker.  While I was speed-reading it to do the interview, something hit me.  Leisure, which I struggled to attain, didn’t really trip my trigger.  I love my work.  I love my job a lot.  My work matters.  Leisure is abundant, and I don’t have to struggle for it.  I can take a 10-minute break, and I’m showered with leisure, but my work is essential.  So here I am.  I will end my life with minimal regrets by continuing to do what I am doing now.

I have more of everything here.  I have more family responsibilities with my mom here.  I have more friends.  Sometimes I’m tempted to take on more responsibility in my neighborhood and community, but I maintain boundaries.  So, back to my typical day. 

7 am, a 30-minute walk around two lakes

7:30 am breakfast

7:45 work

8:15 weights

9 meeting

9:30 water aerobics

10:30 meeting

11:30 walk 20 minutes

12 lunch

1 meeting

2 write

3 break /read

4 write

5 dinner

5:30 walk

6 read

On Mondays, I go over my goals and to-dos; on Tuesdays, I’m all in on work; Wednesdays, I usually have webinars or workshops; Thursdays, I work in the morning and the afternoon, do things for my mom.  Friday mornings, I get caught up on paperwork, and on afternoons I do something with my friends.  Saturdays, I veg out unless we have a big project to complete.  Sundays, I visit with family and friends.

I got my watch set separate from my phone but didn’t do it right.

Changed plans on our trip to visit my son.  We aren’t going to Greece, we’re going to Scotland.  That will still be fun.  

Drank tons of water and still want more.

I didn’t sleep well.  I need to get back to sleeping well.

I ate well.

I am soooo tired of searching and waiting for doctors offices to call back.

 

 

 

Tomorrow

  1. Fill an 80 ounce container with water to empty through the day
  2. Journal here at the end of the afternoon before dinner
  3. Find a gentle, doctor who is smart and has common sense for my mom

 

Supplements

Vit K2/D3, Vit B12, Probiotic, 

 

LEARN MORE

Cathy Sykora

Health Coach/ Interior Designer / Naturopath

I know!  Funny combination.  Like everything in life, you do what you love, continue to learn, stay open to possibility, and it all works together to make wonderful things happen.

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