It’s December already! Woah. I have to say November was a busy month for me. I usually go through my phone to see what pictures I took to remind me of what happened this month. I didn’t have too many, but I have been journaling and writing things down more lately, which has been a great outlet for me to get stuff out of my head.
I’m making a conscious effort to have more FUN on the reg in my life.
My honey took me out to play pool one night! We haven’t really gone out on a “date” like this in a while, and I had fun! I won the first game, then the second because he scratched. Then he won the next few. My hubby is one of those guys that’s kinda naturally good at everything (when it comes to games like this and sports). I still had a good time. :)
We went to this arcade place for my neice’s birthday. There was mini axe throwing, along with games, lazer tag (which my husband made 1st place and I made dead last haha), bumper cars and all sorts of other things.
PRIORITIZING MY HEALTH
In September, I started to take my health more seriously by incorporating some healthy habits into my routine, including working out and movement. Some things came easier than others but I am SO glad I committed to regular workouts. At first I was doing bodyweight and cardio, which was a struggle for me because in the past been guilty of going TOO hard when working out and hurting myself by lifting too heavy too fast. I just kept telling myself that each workout was getting me closer to picking up weights again, injury free. I also want to mention I have been doing 10 minutes of yoga every morning when I wake up and that has made a huge difference in my mood and my mobility. Now I am able to workout with weights and kettlebells again! I feel strong again. In a way I haven’t felt since I was playing derby in El Paso.
I was stoked after completing this workout this day because I was able to use a barbell and did not injure myself! Hooray!
Part of working out regularly has my body craving better foods. So properly fueling my body to help fuel me to get through workouts and recover has been important. Look how pretty this salad was!
Look at this cute moth that landed on my Beatles lamp.
Art
This was not my most creative month, as far as making things. I did a lot more inner work and planning, which I think is also very necessary…But I allowed myself to make ugly art. When I say “ugly art”, I mean, art that I have no intention of sharing or selling, which has no purpose and I feel like I threw things together. Which sometimes ends up kinda cool!
I created these pieces with clay a while ago, and didn’t know what to do with them. I was planning to make them into jewelry I think but that didn’t work out so I hot glued them to this board.
I painted over the pieces and this is how it turned out. I just really like the textures. It’s funky.
Speaking of textures, I had an old canvas that I glued scrap pieces of paper to. Some were balled up and crinkled, others were flat. Then I threw paint in it.
Better angle to see the textures.
I took some paint pens I had a doodled some flowers. That was interesting, because it wasn’t a flat surface, it forced me to draw things in a really sketchy way. Kinda neat!
I made a little planter from clay. When I went to take a picture of it today, I dropped it and broke it’s ear. Oops. :)
I actually have a lot of things planned for next year. I’m trying my best to juggle working and life, as well as making my own art a bigger priority and having that be my full time work. I have been really wishy washy about selling my own art in the past. I have some deep rooted beliefs about worth and value and money that have not served me and I need to let go of.
I found a course lead by a Facebook friend with an amazing story and who has achieved so much abundance in her life, it's so inspiring, I just wanted to know more about how she did it. It's a year long commitment and I've already had unexpected money flow back to me since I've made the investment. Which tells me the universe had got my back. Ahhh. Not sure if that makes sense but…I just have a great feeling 2024 is gonna be life-changing.
Stick around and I’ll share more of that with you! :) That’s all for now.