Katy posted a link several weeks ago that went to a post about choosing not a resolution or a couple of goals for the new year, but choosing a word to focus on.
There is a worksheet (.pdf) to delve more deeply into finding a word, it also explains the power of having a word to focus on.
I have spent a few weeks now thinking over what I want from the year. Travel, Adventure, Joy. I want to Attract new experiences, Explore, Enjoy. I want to Shine and Transform. I want Passion and Intent, I want to be in the moment I am in, not thinking ahead or back or distracted by a parallel universe in which I am probably doing a better job of things.
I want to recall details later, not JUST the details I captured via my lens. I want to be where I am, to find the thing in each day, each experience, that means the most to me. The things I can walk away owning and the things I can walk away from and release. Let go of the negative, even if I have need to chew that bitter flavor a little while. Ultimately I want to spit it out instead of swallowing it. It does not belong inside me, I have no room for that. I don't wish to spend any more of my time tending gardens of slights, making mountains of memories best dropped into a well of forgetting or tossed into a hot fire and allowed to fly out as ash, bringing a brief light into the world and giving some small nutrients to the plants. Not festering in my way, not being mismatched socks in my psyche or nagging doubts when I want to try again or try something totally new.
I had thought immediately that my word would be Create. But...I do that already. I don't really want to make more of anything, even if I do desire to improve my current ability. I want to understand. I want to filter and decide and make decisions based on my needs, the needs of my family. To not do things because I should or because it's expected. What I want for myself the most for the year turns out to be Truth.
