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Jen
Life Updated: Signs of Fall
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Fall for me is when.....
- I will eat just about anything with the word pumpkin proceeding it. Pumpkin oatmeal, pumpkin bread, pumpkin coffee, pumpkin soup, pumpkin yogurt....
- I feel torn and excited about personal and professional projects.
- Our family purchases their ski passes.
- I think about making holiday presents. Or should we just buy this year?
- My Saturday class runs for four weeks (and ends today). My Saturday students have been lovely.
- I curse the fallen leaves on our lawn (even though our lawn is teeny, tiny).
- I love the fallen leaves and their beautiful colors.
- Lil O wants every book imaginable at her school's book fair. She's narrows her list to four.
- I start brainstorming ideas for our holiday door wreath.
- Our family goes on hikes - this year with Puppy Jedi in tow.
How is your fall?
Jen
Crowdrise for Tech Tuesday
One of the great attributes of the 21st century is us humans sure are into fundraising. Crowdrise makes it easy to fundraise online - either for one of their preset charities or a cause of your own.
For example, say you are running a 5K next month. You can register yourself on Crowdrise, make a fundraising page for the 5K and solicit your friends and family to contribute to your page and thus, the cause. The cause does need to be real. You can't fundraise for the new iPhone 5 you want. In fact, once the monies are raised, Crowdrise sends the check to the cause/charity on your behalf (and Crowdrise takes a small fee for doing so; 4.95% of each donation).
If you are a non-profit, like a public school, you can register the public school on Crowdrise. Then, others can fundraise for the school via Crowdrise. What an easy way for students to fundraise online!
Of course, if you are solely a non-profit, like this one - Operation Smile - you can set up an easy donation page. By the way, I am in awe of organizations like Operation Smile because I subscribe to this lovely blog and follow Little One's adoption story.
So, there you have it. Fundraising for the 21st century. Easy peasy.
Jen
Loud Mouths for a Cause
Doesn't this look like a lovely group?
Lovely and LOUD.
A couple of Sundays ago, a few of our friends met to cheer on the Half Full Triathlon athletes to benefit the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. There seems to be decent support for kids and adults going through cancer treatment, but not as much attention - in my opinion - is paid to young adults. The Ulman Fund changes that - thankfully.
Our motley crew decided to provide encouragement for the cyclists as they pedaled up a pretty sweet hill at mile marker 18 and 40. I would say the bulk of the cyclists enjoyed our antics and interesting outfits.
Plus, our dance moves.......
Our signage and cross-dressing....
Our technical help and graduation cheers....Yes, that is me in the cap and gown. I would announce to riders that they "graduated" the big hill. Slightly cheesy, I know.
Of course, Puppy Jedi loves a good cause and cracked out his best tutu for the event. Our friend, J, was a sight to see in his fairy wings and shirtless attire.....
See what I mean? Don't those fairy wings and shirtlessness make you want to pedal faster uphill? I love the sound of this red horn. One neighbor disagreed....
There were lots of high fives.....
Plenty of signs.....
Happy young cheerers undismayed by the rain.....
And incredible stories like this dad and his son with special needs......
Even Lance Armstrong came to support the Ulman Fund. And yes, I know that it is rude to point. I was saying, "You got this, Lance." Just in case he didn't think he did. Wink, wink.
Our crew agreed the morning was a complete and utter blast. The riders were screaming, "We love you guys" and looking for us on their second lap. Seeing Mr. UpCyclist in my 20-year old, hippie dress made me giggle. AND we supported a super worthwhile event and cause.
I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Next year, we need more recruits!
Double the loud mouths,
Jen
PS - For photos from another cycling event Mr. U, Lil O and I supported, see here.
PSS - Big thanks to Upcyclist friend and blog reader, Krissan, for photographing the morning.
Welcome, Ideas.....
During my last coaching session with Sue, somehow we journeyed to the topic of sleep and how my best ideas come to me in the middle of the night.*
My sleep conversation with Sue went something like this:
Sue: What do you do when those ideas come to you in your sleep?
Me: I try to push them out of my mind, so I can go back to sleep. Otherwise, I am tired the next day.
Sue: Is that working for you?
Me: No. I spend hours thinking of those ideas and wishing them away.
Sue (slightly humored): I am imagining you and those ideas - like a giant ball of ideas that you are using all your force to push away.
Me: Yep, that's me. I want those ideas to leave. me. alone.
Sue: What if you did the opposite and welcomed them?
Me: What? (I wasn't quite sure I heard her correctly)
Sue: What if you welcomed those ideas instead of pushing them away?
Me: I've never considered welcoming them.
So, for the past week, I've been doing just that. When the ideas come to me in the middle of the night instead of wishing them away, I say, "Hello Ideas, thanks for joining me." Then, I cuddle those ideas like the drawing above. And back to sleep I go. The only difference is, my drawing really should have about 2-10 balls as I am often times cuddling more than one set of ideas.
The good news: I am getting more sleep and my ideas now have a soft, welcoming place to land.
Do your ideas interrupt your sleep? If yes, how do you handle them?
Best,
Jen
* After reading Jonah Lehrer's Imagine, I now understand why my best ideas come to me in my sleep. I will blog on that topic another day.
PS - Confused about me & life coaching? If yes, read here. Or if you missed the passing of perfect, read about its funeral.
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