March Highlights: Spring, building community and the return of our favorite dog park

“What we must do, I suppose, is to hope the world keeps its balance; what we are to do, however, with our hearts waiting and watching—truly I do not know,”

~Mary Oliver

March highlights & happenings

  • officially joined the Friends of San Francisco Animal Care and Control BOD
  • continued six-month Radical Sisterhood Circle
  • attended sisterhood circle sleepover
  • monthly hike in Oakland Hills
  • one therapy session
  • dealt with cold 😦
  • attended gala for husband’s work
  • two Creative Mornings virtual events
  • annual women’s wellness exam + new doc
  • cheered on husband at Oakland Half Marathon
  • monthly virtual sync with friends
  • booked Spain travel for June/July
  • canceled/closed all Amazon accounts
  • continued Friends of SFACC events committee activities
  • began year-long ServiceNow Product Advisory Committee (work)
  • watched (TV): Mo, Abbott Elementary; Severance; rewatch of The Last of Us; White LotusLaw & Order SVU
  • read one book
  • active 27 of 31 days (40.5 miles walked/ran; 9.4 miles cycled)
  • surpassed 4,000 activity minutes for 2025
  • one post on Trajectory of Life 
  • continued daily Connections + Wordle + Mini Crossword + Strands

Open tabs

Long-term selfish (and the circles of us and now)

Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes

Is Fake Meat Better for You Than Real Meat?

How to Forgive That Earlier Version of You

Let This Radicalize You Workbook

I Took My Work Outside Every Day for a Month This Winter. Here’s What I Learned.

“I don’t care”

Do the things that are delightful to you

Making friends as an adult

Housework Hits! (Spotify Playlist)

How to Stop Buying Things You Don’t Need

 Swiss town lets doctors prescribe free museum visits as art therapy for patients

Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

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I’m Nicole

Trajectory of Life celebrates living purposefully with curiosity, courage and simplicity as guides. I use the blog to document this philosophy through writing about my adventures in reading, travel, cooking, photography, fitness, being a dog mom, minimalism, sustainability, living childfree by choice, marriage and setting and meeting life goals. As someone new-ish to the Bay Area, the blog is also where I share tips for things to do in San Francisco as we explore this new city of ours.

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