Ten.One Thousand, Seven Hundred & Sixty-Four

1. Hitting the snooze too many times.

2. Instant Ramen for breakfast.

3. The golden glow of the morning light. I close my eyes and feel the warmth wash over my skin.

4. Day 4.

5. Hot tea just really isn’t the same.

6. Breath is always feeling so shallow the days. I am shocked at how often I seem to be holding my breath.

7. “The psyches and souls of women also have their own cycles and seasons of doing and solitude, running and staying, being involved and being removed, questing and resting, creating and incubating, being of the world and returning to the soul-place.” - Women Who Run With the Wolves

8. It is just me. I remind myself that building this culture will take time.

9. I can feel myself, my whole physical self, tensing up as she nears. This reaction bothers me. But I understand that this reaction is a response to the pent-up frustration of things that are and are not related to our interactions. I just try to breathe.

10. What is most important?