Hey, friends. Here we are on almost the last day of July 2023.
Yup, I have some goals for this year and so far some are on track:
- Relationships as a priority, including God, family, friends, co-workers and new-to-me people
- Intentionality and being present to the moment as a daily practice
- Slowing down enough to encounter Jesus as often as possible throughout the day
- Pursuing creative/life-giving practices weekly
- Vulnerability and showing up as my true self to the measure that He enables me to do that
- Saying yes to some things that are outside my comfort zone and that are not necessarily in my skill set
- Reflection about the events of the day and my responses throughout the day
- Personal retreat in the spring
Some of the things that I have not successfully pursued as of yet:
- Quilting – repairing a quilt and sewing a new quilt are on my list
- Learning to use my new-to-me sewing machine – it’s computerized and has so many amazing features
- Gardening – my “Charlie Brown” garden is kinda sad. Not sure what happened to some of the seeds, but they did not sprout. I even tried a second replanting and still nothing in those bare spaces. To be fair, I have probably had a return on my investment that matches my investment. I would like to be more knowledgeable and prepared for next year.
- Hiking and camping combined
- Frequent visits to a beach
- North Carolina trip to visit our daughter and her family out there
- Personal retreat in the fall
- Blogging more consistently and more often than once a year
In other news:
I have started learning to play Pickleball thanks to some friends from our church. I think I could get to the point where I truly enjoy playing for the fun of it. Time will tell.
Due to lack of clients, I deleted my VA website. I am still available for projects; I’d be happy to discuss the possibility of working with you: https://calendly.com/amydemoss/ .
And yes, the team I am a part of at one of my jobs is STILL working on the project we were assigned almost two years ago. It continues to astound us with its intricacies and complexities. I think the seemingly never ending new scenarios in this project reflect the challenges of being a company that innovates in response to customer requests for products which meet specific needs in the niche. Our team has a BIG goal of being completely finished with this project by the end of 2023. . . And then one of our team members is being pulled into a different team to help until a key position is filled. That’s life.
~still living large, on the Indiana prairie
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