Retreat Week Day 2: Dream Time

Today's topic: Use my imagination and think big thoughts and dream big dreams.

This one was easy for me. I am always dreaming. This time I am going to put my dreams on paper. I also have permission to dream big and think big thoughts. No limits, anything goes.

After the dreaming it is facial time!

I blew it again. I think I will have to remove my television from the room tomorrow. I watched TV again. I also spent a little too much time on my computer.

Ideas and Inspiration

I am so proud of my cute binder. I decorated the outside with some of my overflowing scrapbook supplies. Inside I have ideas for scrapbook pages and inspiration articles. I have been stuck in the "I don't feel like scrapbooking because I can't think of any cute ideas" zone for too long. I saw this in one of my books and decided to create my own. It is starting the creative juices flowing again. I just may accomplish one of my goals this year.
Goal #4: Get my scrapbooks up to date!

Retreat Week Day 1: Reflection

Today was Day 1 of my retreat week. I have a question(s) or topic(s) that I will be focusing on each day. Today I have two topics.

1. Spend time reflecting on the goodness in my life. Look at scriptures that have been important in my life. Create a scripture/gratitude journal or mini-scrapbook for later reflection.
2. Reflect on my current situation (good or not so good). Write about things I might like to do, place I would like to go, etc.

The second half of the evening was manicure and pedicure time. My favorite part of the day of course.

I am working this week so most of the retreat happens in the evening hours. This is not really how I would like to be doing this retreat. I would rather be on a mini-vacation somewhere warm for the weekend. I wasn't able to take time off of work so I am making the best of things. Once I get home I am in retreat mode. Okay, so tonight I actually watched TV while doing my manicure and pedicure but tomorrow no TV. I will post pictures next week because I am trying not to use my computer a lot during this week. Other than blogging each day and checking my most important emails. After all I am still working and I do have a church calling that requires me to stay in touch and send out email reminders.

Retreat Week

Three years ago I discovered the joy of retreats. I am talking about taking time out for yourself to reflect and mediate. The first year I only did a couple retreats and most of them were one day retreats on a Saturday. The second year I went on a work retreat. The first day we covered work items and reflected on our jobs and how we could make them better. I had the opportunity to stay over night at a condo in Heber City. I made the second day a personal retreat. The third year I tried to do a retreat every month. That only lasted about four months. One Saturday a friend and I went to the spa and had a spa retreat. That was by far one of my favorite retreat. For one of my goals this year I decided I wanted to revive the monthly retreats. Goal #3: Take time for myself. Plan retreats! I have created a schedule for the year and my retreats are marked on the calendar in ink. My retreats will vary in the activities and things I will be reflecting on. In January my retreat day was all about setting my goals for the year. I made my list and reflected on what I wanted to do in 2009. I always choose a scripture as my theme of the year so I spent some time reading through scriptures to find my theme scripture. I chose my word of the year. (See my blog post "One Little Word" January 5th). In the afternoon was my spa day at home. A facial, manicure, pedicure and a nap. It was great. In February I decided to do a Retreat Week. I will be starting tomorrow. I am so excited for this week. I have had the itinerary for this retreat planned for years and I have never completed it. I found it on a website two years ago and it is meant for a weekend. I decided to break it down over a week because I am unable to take a weekend off and go to a cottage or hotel somewhere and just spend time alone. We will see how if it works.

A New Favorite Quote

"Life is to be enjoyed.
Not just endured."