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Sunday Lately, 112

Sunday Lately is a weekly link up brought to you by the Blogger Tribe. Link up and see what's been happening lately!

Sunday Lately is a weekly linkup hosted by the Blogger Tribe, which is fearlessly led by Katy (Wild and Wanderful) and myself. We e-hangout every Sunday, sharing a small glimpse into the past week of life in our own worlds. We’d love if you could join us!

This week’s themes: Enjoying, Hoping, Forgiving, Delving, Relying.

Uh oh. I spot an error. This year’s Sunday Lately was supposed to have 5 different prompts each week. I spot a repeat. Can you…?

Enjoying

I’ve been re-reading You Are a Badass and The Devil Wears Prada and thoroughly enjoying both.

Hoping

I’m hoping that this week is good and productive. Set the intention and it shall be!

Forgiving

It’s a silly lesson, but I’ve been forgiving myself for small things. Showing myself the grace that I show others when I make a mistake has been hard – I’m the worst critic of myself – but it’s necessary. The words that you repeat to yourself are the words that become your reality. Be nice, no exceptions.

Delving

I’ve been delving into baking with booze. The other day, I made a raspberry wine buttercream frosting and it was almost as good as it sounds. Needs a little tweaking, but it isn’t bad.

Relying

Mantras are a new thing for me, but I’m using them and relying on them to help rut-bust me right now. I guess you could say I’m delving into that, too.

What have you been up to lately?

 


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Sunday Lately, 110

Sunday Lately is a weekly link up brought to you by the Blogger Tribe. Link up and see what's been happening lately!

Sunday Lately is a weekly linkup hosted by the Blogger Tribe, which is fearlessly led by Katy (Wild and Wanderful) and myself. We e-hangout every Sunday, sharing a small glimpse into the past week of life in our own worlds. We’d love if you could join us!

This week’s themes: Procrastinating, Hiding, Imagining, Sharing, Praising.

Procrastinating

Ironically, I procrastinated writing this until Sunday morning (usually I’ll do it a day ahead so I can relax in the morning). So this will be short and sweet.

Hiding

I don’t think I’ve been needing to hide anything. I don’t live with anyone, so no presents have to be stashed under the bed or anything. I guess if anything, I’ve been shoving things in closets instead of cleaning and actually getting rid of things, so you could say I’ve been hiding clutter.

Imagining

Warmer days. It was bright and sunny yesterday and I felt so much better than I have in past gray days. Sadly, knowing Pittsburgh, there will be one 65 degree day at the end of February, a little in April, then nothing until late May. And the rest of the days will be cold.

I had to buy flowers the other day just to brighten things up.

Sharing

Yesterday, I shared an ice cream sandwich with two friends. We didn’t have a way to cut it and plastic utensils just didn’t cut it. So we passed it back and forth. (Anyone watch How I Met Your Mother? We passed it around like a sandwich.)

Praising

This wonderful community! I’m so thrilled that Katy asked me to be a part of the Sunday Lately leaders last year and it’s just exploded into this group of smart, driven, interesting women.

What have you been up to lately?


Sunday Lately, 109

Sunday Lately is a weekly link up brought to you by the Blogger Tribe. Link up and see what's been happening lately!

Sunday Lately is a weekly linkup hosted by the Blogger Tribe, which is fearlessly led by Katy (Wild and Wanderful) and myself. We e-hangout every Sunday, sharing a small glimpse into the past week of life in our own worlds. We’d love if you could join us!

This week’s themes: Writing, Quitting, Fixing, Celebrating, Updating.

Writing

I wish I could say I’ve been writing blog posts, but that’s been kind of slow going recently. I have been working on a new Blogger Tribe website, which Katy and I hinted at this week, so that counts as writing, right?

Quitting

Hm, there isn’t much that I’m quitting. I guess you could say I’m trying to quit making myself seem small and insignificant all the time, especially around people that seem like they’re busier/more important/better than I am.

Fixing

Another one that’s tough. And I picked these prompts! I haven’t been fixing much around the house since it’s really cold and most projects require being outside. I do have an On a Shoestring post coming up with some creating of things, so I guess that’s kind of fixing (and hopefully leaves y’all with a cliffhanger!)

Celebrating

Making strides with the Blogger Tribe group! Katy and I met this past Tuesday to discuss some projects, again that we hinted about in the group via Facebook Live, and we think they’re going to be awesome, so I’m all kinds of excited to see where we can take this.

Updating

Last week, I needed to change the energy in my office, so I moved some furniture and updated some storage things. Hopefully it brings the good vibes in!

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Sunday Lately with the Blogger Tribe, edition 109

Sunday Lately, 108

Sunday Lately is a weekly link up brought to you by the Blogger Tribe. Link up and see what's been happening lately!

Sunday Lately is a weekly linkup hosted by the Blogger Tribe, which is fearlessly led by Katy (Wild and Wanderful) and myself. We e-hangout every Sunday, sharing a small glimpse into the past week of life in our own worlds. We’d love if you could join us!

This week’s themes: Searching, Relying, Addressing, Praising, Singing.

Searching

…for a new planner. Kidding. I feel like it’s tradition for me to write about a planner at some point every Sunday Lately. I’ve been searching for some good organizational systems. I was able to participate in the #createlounge Twitter chat on Wednesday and it made me realize that my space needs a creative refresh. I can let go of a lot of extra things and streamline my office. What’s your favorite storage item?

Relying

I’m not sure what I’m relying on. Myself, I suppose. I’ve been part of a mastermind with Propelle / Rock It this year and our first project was a Chalkboard a la Being Boss. So I mapped out my client goals and blog goals for Q1 and it’s just staring at me and I have to get shit done or else (not that the mastermind will do anything, but I like eating dinner and sleeping under a roof.)

Addressing

My to-do list. If I don’t have a list, I feel like I’m floating. When I have a to-do list, it’s easier to focus and get to work. (I wrote a post last week that talked a bit more about this and why having a list is awesome for your mindset.)

Praising

I’ve been writing every morning and I always try to include a section of what I’m grateful for and a bit of praise of what’s been going on right. Even a little bit of gratitude has been going a long day. Last week was a little rough and this practice really helped me to write what’s bothering me then release it so I wasn’t dwelling on it.

Singing

I don’t sing. I’m not a singer. I can play musical instruments, but my talent stops there. That said, Anberlin is my go-to for car singing.

What have you been up to lately?


Sunday Lately, 105

Sunday Lately is a weekly link up brought to you by the Blogger Tribe. Link up and see what's been happening lately!

Sunday Lately is a weekly linkup hosted by the Blogger Tribe, which is fearlessly led by Katy (Wild and Wanderful) and myself. We e-hangout every Sunday, sharing a small glimpse into the past week of life in our own worlds. We’d love if you could join us!

This week’s themes: Picking, Telling, Debating, Mixing, Humming.

Okay, so I somehow am already behind on this year and it’s just barely started! I hope you enjoyed your holidays. I was driving around like the kid in the Family Circus cartoon (you know, with the dotted lines going all over?) and definitely didn’t get to power down like I wanted to last week. So I’m doing it this week. My life, my business, my rules, right?

Picking

I have yet to settle on my official planning system for 2017, but I do have a planner picked out. It’s a simple paper planner that will house my appointments and dates to remember. I think I’m going to use an Arc system notebook to plan all bloggy things for here and AngelicaRoss.co and a Happy Planner to scrapbook daily memories so it looks pretty (I know they’re doing this big #functionalhappyplanning push on Instagram, but seriously, if I’m spending all that money and they’ve designed it so pretty, I don’t want it to be a mess of cross-outs and Sharpie markers). I have a mini and a classic size thanks to insane deals at Michael’s, so I haven’t decided which will be used. So we’ll see.

Telling

I am telling myself this week is a week “off” or as close to “off” as I can get, once I catch up on tasks from last week. My mom will be in town this weekend and all of next week; I’m trying very hard to wind down this week so I can clean up and relax a little before she gets here. I’m always a crazy woman when she’s in town, seriously cleaning every inch of my house that I can reach, and I want to have a quiet moment first.

Debating

A massage. I mean, a massage is always a good idea. But I’m debating if it’s a good idea right now. I guess I can schedule it now for mid/late-week and use that as motivation and a reward to get things done sooner rather than later.

Mixing

I’m mixing up the furniture in my house. One of my favorite things is to move furniture. It makes everything feel fresh and new, even if it’s still the old hand-me-down stuff you’ve had for ever and ever. The other day instead of writing, I re-arranged my office and it’s so much more productive for me. I used to face the wall, but I turned my desk so I can see my room and my calendar. Keeps me on track. I can’t wait for the day I accidentally knock my Post-It pile/pen box off the back of the desk and all over the room, though….

Humming

I watched the Lego movie the other night and I just got that everything is awesome song out of my head. And now it’s back in because I wrote this.

Here’s to a fantastic and fresh new year! I know Katy and I have a LOT of fun stuff planned for the Blogger Tribe and I have a lot I want to do with this space and AngelicaRoss.co. Keep an eye out for that!

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