Perfect Retreat

This weekend is like a retreat because I'm snowed in. Last weekend was actually a retreat that I crafted with my critical friends group. Thankfully last weekend I was reflective about what goes into an effective retreat and I am being intentional about engaging in the same ways this weekend. These are the elements that I think are most important:

-Time for reading and reflecting: reflecting is probably the single most important element of a retreat. Reading often helps me with my reflection

- Connection: for me creating deeper bonds to other is one of the greatest benefits of putting away my to-do lists

- Challenges my thinking: hopefully there are some new ideas that emerge from the time away from the day-to-day

- Fun: a retreat cannot be successful unless it helps to restore the wells of joy within me.