So my Christmas presents aren’t even wrapped yet, and I am already thinking about 2018! It isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds. December is the perfect time, as you close out a year, spend time with your family and watch 2017 dwindle away.
Oh, yeah. I forgot what a procrastinator I used to be. There’s that. Maybe, some of you just do better waiting until New Year’s Eve for that epiphany. This year, I plan on being deliberate. Actually studying words and shaping my intentions to choose a word that will be my center, my guide, through 2018.
I already know what I didn’t get done last year and every time I make a New Year’s Resolution to get it done the next year, it just doesn’t stick. Herein lies the problem! That awful verb Do instead of Be! There is so much more to us than what we have done. There is so much more to measuring our value that with dollars. You see where this is going already, don’t you?
Stay away from verbs and adverbs this year and find a noun or an adjective that describes your being. Which part of you do you want to give more attention to and grow?
I am still working on it, but for now I am debating between these words to choose as my center for 2018: Free/Freedom, Courage/Courageous, Art, Artfulness. Until then, I will be thinking of you, and wishing you a successful journey, finding your word.