Creating A Weekly/Monthly Reset Ritual

Feeling overwhelmed? Join us for "Creating a Weekly/Monthly Reset Ritual" and learn how to craft a personalized ritual to refresh and recharge. This live will guide you through the essentials of establishing a routine that fits your needs, offering practical tips and tools to maintain balance and clarity. Discover the benefits of regular resets, customize your ritual, and get inspired to integrate mindfulness into your life. Whether you're new to rituals or looking to refine yours, this session will provide you with actionable steps to rejuvenate your mind and spirit. Take the first step towards a more balanced life!

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Welcome everybody to this session.

Today I would love to talk about the idea of creating a reset ritual,

A reset habit,

A reset ceremony.

You can choose whatever word fits you best but the idea behind this concept is to create something that repeats and it helps you feel calm,

Fulfilled,

It helps make your life more organized,

More creative.

This can help you really get things done in a more organized,

In a more efficient way but also you can add a layer of creativity,

Spirituality,

Whatever feels good to you and that's what I would like to talk about today because as I was reflecting in my life there are quite a few rituals and ceremonies that I personally do,

They became a habit but if it wasn't because of those,

My life wouldn't be as nice and as manageable.

And now that we moved out of our home at the end of August and we are in between walls,

We have a motorhome that is being renovated so we cannot live in there now,

We are staying in someone else's space so some of those routines are missing.

I cannot do them the same way because I don't have the same space or I don't have the same problems that I used to have and I am noticing the impact that they have on my life now and I know that my work right now is to be okay with this uncertainty and this chaos but as soon as I settle into a place I notice that I develop those routines really quickly,

My family develops these routines very quickly and as soon as we have them down I can tell you that life just feels way easier,

Way more manageable so that's why I really feel inspired today to talk about this and to really think and to really have a chat with you guys about what kind of ceremonies or rituals do you do on a regular basis that they repeat and I'm happy to share some of mine but I'm just curious to know if you guys recognize right now something that you do maybe once a day,

Once a week,

Once a month,

Once a season,

Once a year that you know that by doing that your life is gonna be better,

You are going to feel better,

You are going to be able to take care of things better,

You are gonna be able to take care of relationships better,

So there are so many layers that we can apply this concept to but I'm just curious to know in the chat if you guys want to share like does anything come to mind about this idea,

Is there anything that you find yourself doing and I just want to hear from you first.

So Petta says meditate,

Journal and walk before breakfast,

Amazing,

So that sounds like a nice morning routine right,

That is a morning routine that allows you to start your day centered,

Grounded,

That's amazing,

Yoga and meditation before 10 a.

M.

If possible,

Amazing Diane,

So that's another example of kind of like a morning meditation,

A morning kind of ritual or routine that helps you start your day with energy and with presence,

Amazing,

And it's funny that the two examples that I just read they relate to self-care and to physical health,

Mornings are good after that I can get sidetracked,

That's good Petta,

At least you know that that chunk of time in the morning is yours and you can do what you need there,

So many times and there is even a book about this that is called the one thing and in that book the author talks about how he blocks a few hours in the morning and whatever that one thing is that he's finding really important he will focus on that thing first thing in the morning and after that the day can start and he can get sidetracked and whatever but at least that intention of blocking and creating boundaries around what he wants to be doing,

That one thing is so important,

So yeah I relate to that a lot,

Teresa says between tasks I take breaks and lay down on floor on mat,

It helps from getting overwhelmed and deciding what to do next with more flow,

Yeah Teresa amazing,

So you are talking here about some executive functioning skills that are in action and I don't know if you are aware of them but by you doing that you are actually transitioning from one thing to another and you are allowing yourself a transition that feels good to you,

That transition allows you to check in,

To get grounded,

I love laying on the ground,

Sometimes I do that for 20 minutes and it really helps my back,

I just relax,

I just do the position from yoga that is called Savasana,

I just do it like that and I just stay there for like sometimes 20 minutes,

10 minutes and it really helps me calm my mind,

Relax my back and as you say Teresa transition into what's next,

What do I want to do next,

How can I start that task with more intention,

So amazing,

Yeah so some examples in my life of rituals that I found myself that they were really helpful,

One of the one that really strikes me the most honestly is like closing the month and this started to happen when we started our business,

I remember the first months back in 2012 that my partner Samantha and I,

We were closing the month,

We were trying to understand what does that mean,

How do we do the bookkeeping thing,

How do we track the expenses,

How do we have an image of what happened last month or this month right,

So I remember spending hours doing that every month and then we both said this cannot be like this,

This is just so excruciating,

So painful,

So disorganized right,

So after doing that for a couple of months it was so painful that we wanted to create some sort of like ceremony ritual,

Something that we could design in a way that serves us,

So the first thing that we did was we started to track the steps that we were doing,

So we are logging into this bank account,

We are logging into this credit card account,

We are going to the business software to see what happened there and then after that we had a business journal,

So basically we had a journal where we would write down wins and challenges,

So we needed to transfer that into a Word document,

So that was another step,

So by us doing all the steps we were able to see the steps,

We were able to reorganize those steps,

So to make the process as efficient as possible and that process is called sequencing,

It's another executive functioning skill,

That sequencing,

So you grab a big task,

You chunk that task in smaller steps and then you reorganize them in a way that the sequence makes the most sense to you,

So I remember when we did that one month and then the following month we tweaked those steps and then the third month we had a very good system and then we printed that system with the steps and after repeating that for a couple of months it became kind of automatic,

So now when we close the month I don't have to double think because it's pretty much ingrained what I have to do,

But if anything changes I can go back to that list,

I can tweak it,

I can print it and I can have it in front of me,

So that is a beautiful ceremony,

Also by us going through the journal,

By us reading the wins of the month,

The things that we are proud of and also the challenges that we were facing,

It added that layer of intentionality,

Spirituality and then you just set an intention for the following month,

So what do I want to do this month differently,

How can I take these wins and use them for motivation and how can I take these challenges and work through them so that I don't repeat them,

So that was one example of a ceremony that happens every month and transformed the way we felt,

Emotionally speaking too,

At the end of the month regarding that,

So that's one example about something more data-driven,

That is kind of the finances,

We also close the month personally so that we kind of get a sense of how are we doing,

Make sure that we pay all the bills,

Make sure that we pay all the credit cards and make sure that everything gets done so that we start the month fresh,

So that is one example,

So Petta Brooks says that has happened with our weekly menu planning and weekly agenda,

Now both my partner and I do it together,

Yeah Petta that's amazing,

The meal planning was another thing that for us it was a struggle because I remember that we try so many approaches right,

We try one week you take care of it,

The following week I take care of it and that was too overwhelming and then we try three days one,

Three days the other one,

That was still not working really well and then we tried one day each and that kind of worked for a while but again we were tweaking and then that dictated the grocery shopping,

That dictated how much time we spent cooking and who is responsible for that,

There was a lot of resentment and a lot of kind of like I wouldn't say anger but yeah resentment I think is the word and a lack of clarity and then now we decided to become a needy in the sense that Emilio you take care of yourself and Samantha you take care of yourself and when we feel inspired we make dinner for everybody but it is not an expectation and we have been doing that for the last few months because that's helping us to remove that expectation,

Remove that need and us both be more proactive and us both take care of ourselves so it's helping to kind of break a little bit of codependence and dynamics that we were feeling were happening and it was not serving us but again this is there is not a one-way fit all,

This is something that you have to design yourself,

Something that makes the most sense for you and your family if you are involved in your family or your partner and try and test and tweak things until something clicks and something really works for you but yeah meal planning was another one for us that was a big one that once we have a grocery shopping list going,

We have a meal planning going,

We understand what's happening,

It's way easier to manage our life,

It's way easier to know what's happening and who is responsible for what.

Peter says it has come to a place where it works for us,

Communication on appointments and shopping lists are served here.

Yeah that's another thing that we also created in my example in my life because my partner and I work together and we have Eva our daughter,

Sometimes it's important for us to know what the other person is doing so that we can say yes or no to commitments,

To work etc so we share our calendar and that was a really big help because before I remember every time I wanted to plan something she wanted to plan something we had to call each other or text each other or ask each other and it felt like I don't want to make another decision but when we started sharing the calendar it became so clear because now if someone wants to do something I look at the calendar and if I don't see anything I will put it there and I will invite her so that really really helped make that flow very nicely.

Another layer of a weekly ritual that you can think about that is coming for me is about your home.

I hear so many people that they say that at least once a week they get their home under control so what does that mean?

That means that maybe they get the laundry done and they fold everything and they put it back on the closet,

Maybe they have a clean,

They maybe sweep,

They mop and they do all the dishes and they wipe the counters so whatever it takes to reset the space sometimes it's just the kitchen,

Sometimes it is the bathroom,

Sometimes it is the entire home.

So thinking about how does that look like for your physical space?

What are the ceremonies,

The rituals that you follow and how do they serve you?

I'm curious to know regarding your physical space,

Regarding your home,

What are rituals that you find yourself repeating every week or every day?

I'm just curious to know if anything comes to mind for you guys.

Keeping surfaces free of any items on top,

Yeah amazing.

Sometimes it's putting all Eva's toys away,

The week goes by,

We don't have time,

Things get messy and then at least once a week we say okay Eva today we are putting everything where it belongs and we are resetting the space and then that really helps her to play way better,

She feels more,

It's funny how she works because when there is a lot of things laying around I notice that she doesn't spend a lot of time with each thing and she's kind of very scattered but when there is nothing around and we intentionally bring something out and there is just one thing out she will spend way more time.

Sometimes I just bring a puzzle and she spends 20-30 minutes just with that puzzle,

Maybe that puzzle was in the middle of a pile before and she didn't use it at all so it's very interesting to notice how differently she interacts with her toys depending on how it looks like.

So that's another ritual that we have,

We try to set the space at least once a week,

Twice a week,

We try to do a very nice reset so that everything is where it belongs.

Like right now that is very difficult to do because we are living out of suitcases in a basement in a shared space so we are doing the best that we can but anytime we have a space and when the motorhome is finished we will create that in there.

So that's another example.

Anything else comes to mind guys for you about your home?

Angel says I try to do a planner check weekly and get set up for the next week.

Yeah that's another thing that many people do right?

Maybe on Sunday evening they pick up their week,

They kind of look what's happening,

What's going on and it helps them kind of transition and anticipate what's happening so that they can then put things in place.

If you look at your week and you know what's happening you can tackle your meal planning differently,

You can tackle your cleaning,

Your laundry differently,

You can become aware of what you may need,

How much time you may have etc and that is going to help you mentally get ready for that week.

That is very very empowering.

So that covers the house,

Meals and schedules.

Yeah amazing Angel.

Yeah I'm trying to think what are other ceremonies that we try to do.

Like relationship wise I will say that what what has been happening at least twice to three times a week with my partner we will do an imago dialogue.

I will say at least three times a week we do an imago dialogue.

Sometimes it's because we have a charge with each other or a charge with something that's happening but some other times we just want to connect.

We just want to create safety and kind of like intentional space together to be able to share what's happening,

How we feel and we find that doing the dialogue really helps us because we set the environment,

Sometimes we put candles on,

Sometimes we do it on a comfortable place with blankets and maybe we play some music,

Sometimes we smash each other.

So there is a transition,

There is a ceremony,

There is kind of like a ritual and then we sit,

We eye gaze and then we kind of spend quality time together.

No distractions,

No phones.

Majority of the times Eva is not around or if she's around we will tell her we are doing a dialogue and you are not to interrupt in the next five minutes or ten minutes or whatever and she understands what we are doing.

So yeah that's a really beautiful relationship kind of ceremony and ritual that we do every week and when we don't do it we notice that there is connection missing and we actually crave that from each other.

So that is another another ceremony that I find us repeating week after week.

Yeah so Petra says I put away the dishes my partner washed up the night before as I make a cup of first up.

Yeah so amazing so you guys are a team and you have found the flow that works for you,

That is great.

My partner handmade our dining table recently I emptied the surface he likes it that way.

I joked that's the purpose of tables to have nothing at all on top.

I am like you Becca I like tables being ready to be used.

I do like to have some flowers or maybe a candle but I like tables to be ready for the next use.

I don't like a lot of stuff being on the table so but that's not everybody's like that right and tables the bigger the table the more inviting it is to set things on top because it's so convenient.

But yeah maybe a ritual of maybe once or twice a week making sure that tables are clear and everything on the table goes where it belongs that can be a nice ritual that can help you reduce the visual stimulation of things that you may have around you that believe it or not having visual stimulation around you you can be very sensitive to that.

I work with a lot of clients and people that they have ADD ADHD tendencies and they notice the impact that having a lot of visual things around them is causing them to feel more anxious more overwhelmed and when things are clear and everything is where it belongs and there is not a lot of visual stimulation they find themselves feeling more calm.

So just notice what happens in in your nervous system when things are out of sight or when you have a lot of pairs around you just notice how you feel it's gonna look different for each of you.

Yeah so Angel says I am not as consistent as I would like that's my challenge when something throws me off my plan or routine I have a hard time not going off the rails for a few weeks.

Yeah Angel it's really nice that you are noticing that right you notice that you have a really good plan or ceremony or ritual but when something happens that makes you derail from that plan you notice that you have a tendency to stay off track for weeks before you come back this is why sometimes having a ritual of a habit tracker a ritual of creating your ideal week a ritual of journaling basically making sure that you are checking in with yourself somehow and that you are reminding yourself of what's truly important for you right now where do you want your energy to go to and as soon as you take care of whatever has happened you can come back to that and you can have a you can have a clear understanding of what that means sometimes I have talked about doing brain dumps doing mind maps doing like exercises that are visual that allows you to visually see what you want to do sometimes it's having like lists that are colorful you can have a self-care list with the activities that you want to be doing so there is no right or wrong approach here it's just important that you notice what do I need to stay on track how can I remind myself another exercise that I do is a creation and basically a creation it's an exercise that I have different areas of my life on a piece of paper I have body mind family work social stuff give back you can put the categories that make sense to you and then I write down a few things that are important to me and I want to do and by me being able to see that page by me creating that ceremony of I'm gonna look at my creation and see how I am doing that helps me stay on track and avoid going weeks or months unconscious just reacting to life rather than creating my own life so yeah it is really good that you are aware of that perfectionism is a liar keeps us from just getting back to it without judgment of ourselves yeah angel absolutely perfectionism is yeah it's such a liar I am a perfectionist I have tendencies to be perfectionist and so many times I notice myself self-sabotaging or stopping because it won't be as perfect as I would like it to be but that sometimes prevents me from keep making progress and there is so much that you can do small progress day after day it's amazing how much progress you can make and not try to make a leap jump a perfect jump that it never happens right so yeah yeah Ella says I resonate with that nervous system activation when too many things around though at the same time like decorating and not a sterile environment very conflicting yeah Ella it's it's a really good point right you are talking about the visual overstimulation and you are talking about the beautifying of the space and the things that you want to display that makes you feel well and because every person is different and unique when you have different people living in the same environment it can be very challenging to find that balance of what does it mean to make the space look beautiful what does it mean to display the things that I love and make me feel well and when is it too much that I start feeling overwhelmed and clear communication with other people that are living with you is important because I agree with you I don't like living in a space where there is nothing but I also don't like living in a space what is so saturated with things that it makes me feel like oh there is so much stuff everywhere so that's gonna look different for each of you yeah least work well for me to being able to take chores off my list makes me smile yeah amazing yeah because it's true about activation of the nervous system also every Wednesday evening is couple time here for catching up with each other's current status and or study of a course on relationships Becca that's amazing and it's so nice to create that ceremony that protected window of time that container I will call it a sacred container for relationship right and it's so beautiful to make that a priority it's so beautiful to have that clarity that every Wednesday at this time we are gathering together and the intention of this ritual of this time together is for us to connect is for us to do a course together is for us to do an imago dialogue is for us to do something and then you can think about what that is right so it's very beautiful and that is such a nice ceremony such a nice ritual so thank you for sharing that JV says it's a it's a delicate balance my ADHD requires reminder small piles of to-do items to be out but my CPTSD needs less clutter for increased calm yeah JB I remember I did a live session just on visual reminders how to use them how to avoid over using them because sometimes when I'm working with clients in their physical spaces many times I relate to having the visual reminder of something that needs to get done and you thinking that if I put that away I will forget this has to go to my sister's home so I better leave it by the entry so that I can see it so that I can take action on that if I put it away in the closet I will forget so there are a few layers here that are happening right one of the layers is it's not bad to use visual reminders as long as you don't have too many and when you have too many to the point that is not serving you anymore that is when I will start to question your need to use visual reminders only there are other ideas maybe put calendar reminders maybe create a to-do list maybe have a place where all the to-do stay but they are not out on plain sight maybe you have a closet maybe it's a section of your garage if you have a garage maybe it's a section of your basement maybe whatever that is but you have them all together there so there are different ways of approaching this but sometimes it is true I love visual reminders sometimes but when I have too many they don't serve me anymore so finding that balance sometimes can be tricky yeah that's where have it stacking can help reduce the number of visual cues yeah whiteboard yeah Kirk I had now I don't have a kitchen anymore like but in the kitchen I used to have we used to have we had an old glass window and we call it we called it the magic board because I can tell you that everything that we brought on that board it just got done it was amazing everything I brought there it just got done and the reason why that happened is because I could see it every single day and because I didn't have a hundred things I had very specific things so every time I was feeling overwhelmed I didn't know what to do I I know I was having my coffee sitting on the table I will look at the board and I will get satisfaction of getting something that from there I will get the satisfaction of erasing something from there and yeah I told Samantha like she will come hey Emilio can you do this and I say write it on the magic board and most likely it will happen so she will always write the things in there and they will get done so yeah there is a very nice if you don't overdo it okay if you have a board and and there is no space on the board and there is a hundred things in there that can become overwhelming for someone so that's why you need to find the balance and there has to be a balance between you creating these rituals these ceremonies these kind of habits and taking action on them that is another thing if you start creating rituals and ceremonies that you would like to do but you don't take action on on them or you create too many then it defeats the purpose and then they will not serve you they will overwhelm you and then that is what I want you to avoid I want you to be intentional about what you create I want you to be present with what you create I want you to take action on what you create and I want you to experience and to feel what that looks like what that feels like what can you tweak next time you do it and if there are others involved just don't be try not to be a perfectionist try not to have high expectations just take it lightly be curious let's just try this today and see how it goes and then you can always tweak things around for the next time okay yeah Peter says I have a whiteboard in my work office and the weekly planner on the fridge yeah I remember on the board we used to have in the kitchen we had a section for grocery shopping we had a section for the meal planning on the top and then I created a section to track my partner's moon cycle so basically I was aware of when she had her period and then all the seasons that she's in because she told me like she has a spring she has a summer she has a fall and she has a winter and that relates to her period so that I could kind of anticipate okay she's gonna be very moody the next week or week and a half okay she's gonna be very energized the next few days because she's on spring and summer so I had a section about that and then we had a to-do a to-do for Samantha a to-do for Eva and a to-do for Emilio so that's what we had but yeah you can create whatever you want you can test it you can tweak it and at the end of the day what we are looking for here is for you to create something that helps you make your life more enjoyable more efficient more sacred more ceremonious however you want to call it yeah love that it relates to the seasons on a monthly cycle yeah PETA it's a there is a lot of information about that lately and she was reading about yeah how much connection there is with her cycle the moon cycle her energy levels her mood and the different seasons that a woman has and and how how they feel on each season so it's very important because sometimes she may be very moody right and then she will tell me Emilio I have my period so don't don't freak out okay I'm just sensitive today so that helps me okay I understand I'm not to take things so personally what you are saying maybe is not doesn't have to do anything with me and I have to try and be extra careful extra patient extra present maybe leave extra space just be a bit more aware and that really helped me with that so that is another another kind of ritual or ceremony that I started to try and help myself to be aware of that and having that visual cue on that board was really helpful right now I don't have any visual cue anywhere and I can tell you there is an impact because I don't have a place to break things down right now and it really makes my life more chaotic so it's interesting to notice that yeah so guys do you have any other example that you would like to share about other weekly or monthly like ceremonies or rituals that you do that help make your life better Becca says helpful to make that monthly event a sacred time versus a curse every respect to you dear Emilio yeah yeah sometimes sometimes guys the words that we use can completely change the way we show up for something when you are creating these weekly monthly daily ceremonies if you can come up with wording that uplifts you you are going to notice that you are going to approach that very different because for me like if as you say Becca like sometimes you may use words and it may feel like a burden like one more chore to do versus something that excites you something that wow I want to spend I want to be in this sacred time with my wife rather than I have to spend time with my wife so it's very different right and the same applies to finances the same applies to meal planning the same applies to every other area of your life if you can reframe and use words that energize you that uplifts you that makes you react to them positively I really invite you to try and find what those words are for you because it's gonna change the way you show up and your energy levels about that specific task yeah Angel says yes when I call it a cleansing ritual and not chores that energy is very different yeah absolutely Angel thank you and if you guys can come up with your own wording about how you have worded a chore differently that helps you do it better I would love for you to share it in the chat twice a year I love to clean the interior of the car to nearly new healing and uplift last for a long while I look forward to it yeah Becca how nice is that right to really give love to that vehicle that takes you places and not only that but every time you enter and you see what you have done how do you feel right that's what I noticed with the motor home every time I give it love and attention every time I fix something it's just the energy is different I am kind of putting my energy into that vehicle and when we are going to live in there it's gonna feel like home way more because I am putting so much love intention and time and passion so it's gonna be way different than just jumping into the motor home and leaving so yeah I really relate to that yeah it's great when I have the time yeah I also remember that I created a live session a while ago and it was all about creating statements for the different areas of your life that when you read them you want to show up that way and I I remember I think I have it on my old journal I don't have it on this journal that exercise but I remember that I created one for for Eva for being a playful dad and I I remember when I was reading that he's like I am an amazing and playful fun dad for Eva and it was a specific sentence that I brought up when I read that it's like yes I want to be that father and same with a lover for my wife an amazing marketer and content creator for my business so I really went through the different areas of life and I really went to create a definition that when I read it I felt uplifted I felt on fire and that is something that you guys can do when you are trying to create these routines how can you find the right words that when you read them you just feel on fire you just want to be that become that I love everything everyone is saying Emilio and the chat yeah let me go back to the chat yeah I am in the endless winter angel funny face and to say I got to clean my homes differently than I have to clean my home like how grateful I am to have a home to clean yeah angel amazing like how nice it is to have a home that you can clean and you can make it yours right I love to sweep super slowly and make it meditative it's an active meditation BD I love it you are making a chore an active meditation I find that with anything that I do with my hands anything if I have to fix something if I have to Mickey Mouse something I find that I really enjoy because to me that's a nice challenge it helps me be present I disconnect from everything else in life and then there is such a tangible result there is such a tangible after that I can look at it and it makes me feel so accomplished right sometimes I don't get that when I am on the computer because it's not as tangible but when I do something with my hands and there is a before and after I sometimes I just go down to the place and I admire my work and I just feel so yeah it's like wow I did that look how it looks like and this applies to cleaning this applies to organizing something this applies to redecorating a space this applies to fixing something yeah this applies to doing anything with your hands I also made a game carving wood and I remember that that was a ceremony for me every week sometimes every other day I will just go down the basement and I will just it was a game that every player has six holes it's called a mancala game and I remember that it took forever to carve every hole because I did it by hand majority of it but it was a meditation so I will just go to the basement grab my tools and just say today I am focusing on this one hole and that's it I will just carve that hole and then I will just go upstairs and then the next day I will go there okay I'm gonna do the next hole maybe half of the hole and then something that seems very tedious for me was active meditation I kept showing up for it I kept seeing the progress and after a couple months it was finished and now I played a game with Eva and every time I played a game is it just brings me so much joy because the piece of wood that I created I grab it from from a pack that I found I cut it myself I carved it myself the stones that we use are coming from a local beach here that Eva helped me collect so everything about that game has a story right so when I look at it I really feel a lot of joy so that is a lot of that is something that you can get so much enjoyment from something that you have created and you can make it such a ceremony yeah so guys this is a this was today's topic I'm sure there are way more ceremonies and rituals that we do that I didn't talk about but I hope that this session inspires you to to kind of look at this idea of what can I create in my life that repeats and it makes my life better makes my life more sacred it makes my life more organized it makes my life more social it makes my life more connected more creative more playful more healthy and depending what you look at you're gonna come up with different words because you can look at how can I create a ceremony a ritual so that I can sleep better at night and that's gonna look very different that how can I create a routine a ritual so that I can eat better I can eat healthier I can take better care of my body how can I create a routine where I can drink enough water every day how can I create a routine where I connect with my partner or with the people I love and create quality time and that I make sure that that happens at least once a week at least twice a week however often you feel it is it's realistic for your situation and then you can keep looking at the different layers maybe you look at your finances maybe you look at your accounting if you have your own business maybe you look at your parenting style if you are a father or a mother you can look at your role as a child if you have parents so yeah I'm just curious to know if you have any last thoughts Diane says thank you for your time Emilio it was lovely engaging with everyone thank you Diane for being here Marjorie says how do you mark the tasks done and celebrate completion of projects yeah Marjorie that's why sometimes using a bullet journal for example or using a method that allows you to see what you have done can be very powerful that's why we used to have a business journal and it became a life journal because we will write down everything business and non-business everything that happened we had this big window on our bedroom and we had a green marker and then with the green marker we will write down all the celebrations and then we had a red marker and with the red marker we will write down all the challenges things that we did that we are not proud of things that we did that didn't serve us well challenges that we want to learn from and then at the end of the month we will sit in front of that board we will go one by one my partner and I and we will celebrate the good stuff and just celebrate and really be grateful about it and feel the emotion of it and then we will look at the at the red stuff and then we will reflect about it we will be grateful about what's in here for us to learn from what can we learn from this challenge that we had from this mistake that we did from this experience that wasn't really good for us what can we learn from this what is the what is the gold in this and then I will write it down on a on a word document that I still have so sometimes we go back to that document and we will read the good and the bad and it will be an amazing an amazing exercise so yeah I will say that having a way for you to go back to the things that you have done having a way for you to be able to reflect is really important how does that look like it depends how you want to do it maybe you have a notebook maybe you have a journal maybe you have it digitally on your phone or your computer you can you can decide how that works best for you for us it was a combination right because we really love the idea of having that board and everything every time that something happened I will go to the board and I will write it down and I will get a lot of satisfaction from being able to write it down and also being able to see it for the whole month and then being able to sit there and transfer that into the word document and revisit each step I know it requires a little bit of extra time but it was so worthy for me to do that so yeah love that Emilio your own useful creation being present and with this connection from our routine yeah very grateful for everyone's input and this topic thank you Emilio thank you Becca yeah thank you Becca Emilio you're continuing to accept donations despite your current living circumstances yeah donations are always welcome absolutely I will I will not say no so yeah if you found this session helpful I am always open to receiving donations from you and you can also support me by following me on insight timer following me on other places and yeah by taking some of my courses just follow your intuition this is a journey we all need different things at different times and that's why I create so much content on different areas of life because sometimes we relate with one area more than the other sometimes we are focusing on one area more than others and that's why it's important to really follow your intuition Marjorie says missed a few details of the game you made in basement and with Eva yeah so Marjorie the game I'm sorry I don't have it here with me it's at the studio it's packed in a box because my life is a mess right now but basically the game is basically I took a branch of a tree that is maybe this big it's probably probably 16 to 20 inches long and then I cut a branch what it was on the ground so I grab it from the ground I peel it and I sand all the outside I cut it in half and then it became the two sides so it's half it's one side and on each half I carved six because each player has six holes so I had to carve 12 holes in total and on each hole there are four seeds or four stones and then you will use those stones to move them around the holes and the game is called Mancala that is the family of games that you can play on that board so yeah it's called Mancala and the specific game I play is called Aguale in case you are curious I love that game and you need to count a lot and I can tell you that my daughter Eva she's five years old I taught her how to play and she's able to play a full game she's able to count all the seeds she's able to start predicting movements she starts understanding the strategy slowly and it's amazing to be able to play with her so that is another beautiful ceremony that I that we are creating with her we are creating quality time where we play a game and sometimes it's patchwork sometimes it's uno sometimes it's Mancala sometimes it's go fish sometimes it's partici and I am seeking more games that we can play together so there is another beautiful ceremony that we are going to keep doing no matter where we are and it's amazing so yeah yeah and just says the first computer program I brought was a Mancala simulation game so there you have it it's an African game yeah and people in Africa used to play on the ground they used to make holes on the dirt and they used to play with stones that was the origin of that game so there wasn't a board but then from there they translated that concept to a board and then from there it became all these family of games but yeah just a fun fact like a fun game that I learned how to play back in Spain I used to go to competitions on that game I was fun so I'm really happy that my daughter is willing and open to playing with me and that she likes it amazing so yeah guys thank you thank you so much for your time I had a lot of fun being with you here I hope to see you again soon I don't know when that's gonna be yet but yeah follow me I have more episodes coming in the future more lives and I have a lot of content recorded that you can listen to lots of courses that you can take and you can connect with me if you have questions okay have an amazing rest of your day and I will see you next time

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Such a brilliant session, Emilio- snd looks like the recent one I missed, as I am away at the moment. Very grateful for you, and wishing you snd your Family all the best 🙏🏽💛🌟🍀💞💐✨️