The Mom Weekly, Volume 1
For a long time, I’ve had the idea of having a weekly newsletter.
My goals?
*Share my wisdom as an older mom.
*Suggest actionable things to optimize for a week—small steps to making life better. I want to do some of these myself. I consider this my own form of accountability.
*Share interesting content I come across (and have a place to refer to, as in, remember when I shared that article about the UK Coast to Coast Path?)
If the only people who read The Mom Weekly are my family and a few others, that would make me happy.
Part of the reason for this is the “if I get hit by a bus” semi-urgency. Someday (I hope far in the future) I am going to die. As a result, I want to share all the various things that I want my kids and other loved ones to know about me, my view of the world, and more.
How many times have I wanted to ask my parents about something about how they felt about things? Of course, you can’t possibly get the chance to share everything, but I think that having this kind of record will help me do so.
But I also want to capture things I want to remind my kids about—have you considered maxing out your Roth IRA this year? Did you finish your taxes yet? Have you made your annual physical appointment? Where should we go as a family for vacation next year?
So, without further ado, welcome to The Mom Weekly.
Remember how much I love you and delight in your existence, even when you’re super annoying. Maybe especially when you are super annoying. 🙂
Love,
Mom
An Interesting Read:
*It’s never too late to travel the world with your best friend.
This reminds me a bit of “sister trips” with my sisters. Some goals for the years ahead!
An Interesting Listen:
You didn’t think you’d have a Mom Weekly newsletter without a podcast recommendation from me? Ha. Often these will be from YouTube, but I generally listen to them as podcasts.
*Training for the Centenarian Decathlon: Dr. Peter Attia.
Attia’s new book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity deserves its own “deep dive,” but for now, this is a good intro.
An Action Item:
Action items are short—I expect them to take less that 15 minutes—activities to improve life. I plan to do these as well, so often it’s a reminder for myself!
Considering joining the Facebook Consumer Privacy class action case.
(This is Here’s an explanation of it. You can still join the lawsuit even if you no longer use Facebook. Bonus: Instagram user class action lawsuit for IL residents. I received an email about this, but good email hygiene tells me not to click on any links in said emails. So I did a lot of research (i.e. checked Google), and found the article linked above. I was able to then cut/paste the Notice # and confirmation code into the class action lawsuit “submit claim” tab. You can still join the lawsuit even if you’re not an IL resident any more.
What Are You Doing This Weekend?
I am scheduling The Mom Weekly to post on Tuesday. One of the reasons for this is to encourage you (and me, too!) to think about weekend plans. All too often, I have let that go until Friday, and then it’s hard to get people together, or make plans for coffee, or figure out when you go to Mass (other than the default, which is what we typically do).
So, now that it’s Tuesday, what are you planning for the weekend?
I’m going to suggest trying to cover four “F”s to get ideas flowing:
*faith—when are you going to Mass?
*friends—what friends will you see or connect with?
*food—any fun recipes you plan to try, or restaurants you plan to visit?
*fun—anything interesting you are going to play, watch, or do this weekend? Now’s the time to think it through, and put it on the calendar (even informally).