Day 3,514

Growth:

It is okay to be away from home sometimes, even if the sometimes seems to be kind of piled up on each other. The time I spend with friends, the time I spend alone, when used properly becomes fuel to live into the best me possible for the overwhelming majority of time I spend with my family.

Appreciation:

One of the things I’m most grateful for today is taking advantage of downtime. Over the past few days I’ve found some downtime to transform from nonproductive to hyper productive. In doing so I was able to take a potentially overwhelming couple of days and transform them into calm within the storm. This afternoon my camping gear was almost prepped and ready on its own thanks to the list and details I had prepped yesterday. Getting some final details worked out was possible as a result of the preparation during the quiet time. Some of our biggest smiles today were the result of a handful of chunks of time I was able to utilize to work on a very large project in bits and pieces. So grateful for using that time effectively!

Presence:

Spending a eight minutes with Becky and the boys watching a collection of photos and memories from the past 19 years combined into one video was fantastic. Each picture as a trip down memory lane, reminders of all the time we’ve spent together. Fantastic!

Thanks!!!