trajectory of a life

To look life in the face, always, to look life in the face, and to know it for what it is…at last, to love it for what it is, and then, to put it away…

Virginia Woolf

September highlights

• celebrated another trip around the sun
• camping trip + explored new area of the state
• spent time among the giant sequoias
• rooted for the Rockies one last time this season
• many friend dates before our time away
• hair cut + color
• met up with a friend before she moved overseas
• completed full inventory of all clothes, shoes, accessories
• 1,100th Peloton ride!
• celebrated another trip around the sun
• spa day + yummy dinner for my birthday
• began our three-month Portland adventure
• continued working through new work responsibilities + some progress
• gratitude for autumn
• lots of walking + exploring Portland
• revisited one of my favorite places
• read two books + many magazines
• continued Gilmore Girls + Only Murders in the Building
• finished Better Call Saul
• continue daily reflection/five-year journal
• completed quarterly budget + goals check-in
• complete optimistic October actions
• read one book
• rode 63 miles + ran/walked 30.8 miles
• 49 workouts/17+ hours (cycling, yoga, strength, walks, hiking, stretching)
• Peloton milestones: surpassed 11k annual minutes; 1,100 ride
• one Trajectory of Life post; one even ordinary posts

October intentions + looking forward

• continue exploring Portland + surrounding area
• check out Eugene + view annular solar eclipse
• weekend visit to Bend
• flu shot + COVID booster
• celebrate E’s 11th birthday
• figure out a weekly workout schedule that doesn’t include cycling
• read more
• write more
• finish one section of investing class
• begin goal to memorize one of my favorite poems
• get back to daily/weekly/monthly habit tracking
• continue daily reflection/five-year journal

open tabs

• a different way of approaching what you want to do
• sync your calendar with the solar system
• this is so cool
• not a bad place to begin
• taking a day off? consider Monday
• another reason to love dog
• learning can be delightful — if you’re willing to be wrong
• this is fantastic
• honoring your pet’s memory
• how to give useful feedback
• how to read more
• a lovely fall playlist