by Amanda | Mar 8, 2022 | Mind, Mindset, Process Stress, Uncategorized
This week’s primary goal was to be available and fully engaged in an audit at work. It was Monday through Wednesday and I set up my weekend to prepare for the week. So let’s talk about what is required for me to feel prepared for the coming week. What...
by Amanda | Mar 4, 2022 | Body, Nutrition, Uncategorized
Unfortunately, I have been down and out for about six days so the veggies and meats that I had thawing went bad during this time. I had to throw out four chicken tenders and a bag of flat iron steak strips. So this is me catching up and meal planning for the upcoming...
by Amanda | Mar 1, 2022 | Body, Mind, Mindset, Process Stress, Spirit, Uncategorized
This has been a rough week. However, I’ve been able to end it productively. Before I go into the usual weekly review content, I had some fun experimenting with a robot vacuum and finished installing curtains and curtain rods for my living room. It won’t...
by Amanda | Feb 11, 2022 | Mind, Minimalism
Have you ever had anxiety when you know you need to change devices but you’re dreading the process because you might lose something? What if it doesn’t move everything over? Can I get rid of that hard drive that might be able to be recovered...
by Amanda | Feb 7, 2022 | Mind, Minimalism, Uncategorized
Is anyone sick of these yet? I hope not. This is real life. The ugly boring repetitive tasks that we do over and over … often poorly, in order to improve our lives. This is it! As always, I’m going to review what I’ve been focusing on this week and...
by Amanda | Feb 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
New Year, new planning. If you’ve checked out my Meal Planning S4: Plan and Shop post, then you know I had intended on following a full menu meal plan with lunches and all. While this plan didn’t work out as I had intended, it did make cooking at home much...
by Amanda | Feb 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
My week 4 review is definitely different. It’s been a tough week. I mentioned getting sick in last week’s review. I’ve stayed sick with a deep dry cough all week and it’s made it very difficult to sleep as well. Where was my focus at this...
by Amanda | Jan 28, 2022 | Body, Nutrition, Uncategorized
It’s funny that after four rounds I’m still pretty much ending up back at my mother’s method of meal preparation. We used to always have ground beef cooked up in the freezer and usually some other meat ready to cook. As a teenager, this was great...
by Amanda | Jan 25, 2022 | Mind, Mindset, Uncategorized
Already we’re off to a rocky start. Week 3 has come with several unexpected challenges. I had a somewhat surprise holiday on Monday. You would think that a surprise holiday would be a good thing but sadly it didn’t save me from a rocky...
by Amanda | Jan 21, 2022 | Body, Nutrition, Uncategorized
I typically do my meal planning and shopping close together. This round I was coming back from being away on vacation and didn’t have as much of my typical pantry items. I suppose this is because up till now I really didn’t need to replace...
