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Every year I choose a word. A word to focus the year on. A word to set my intentions. Today on the podcast I’m sharing with you my process and how I come up with my word each year.
My word for 2002: SLOW
While I can’t slow down time, I can quiet my heart and my soul and the intention of my heart.
Slow down, take a deep breath and notice God.
Don’t miss the miracle.
Click the links below to read about my other words in years past:
I’ve been doing a “word of the year” since 2011, and it’s a great way to focus your year. Set your intentions and goals. If you haven’t done a word of the year ever, I really encourage you to do one.
For me it starts with prayer and sitting down with my journal. Last year my word was Flourish, you can read more about that here.
To hear more about my word for 2019, keep reading.
Depending on what perspective you’re coming from this word may have a negative connotation to it. For some this might be the case, would you agree?
Maybe you’ve felt at times that you never wanted to come across as to bold or to much. Maybe you’ve been afraid like me to step out in bold ways, even though you knew that’s what God was asking you to do. I’m super into word studies and knowing the definitions of words. Yup, I’m a little nerdy like that. I’ve realized often times our experiences good or bad have given us a false sense of what words really mean.
Bod means not hesitating or fearful, courageous, and daring.
When I actually looked up the definition of this word and spent some time on it, I realized who doesn’t want to be courageous and daring? Who wants to live in fear?
Not me, I’m over it. I hope you are too.
Who wants to be confidents and hesitate in their life?
Me. Oh, yes I want to live boldly this year.
Maybe you want to as well.
Maybe you are over the fear as well, and want to live more fearlessly in your life. Maybe you want to live more courageously and take a leap into something new. Maybe God is calling you to be bold in your life, like he’s calling me.
Taking chances, going for it. Creating new things, having new experiences and living a bold life for Him.
Do you have a word for the year? If so, I’d love for you to share it in the comments below.
My word for 2018 was Flourish, the word Flourish means ‘to grow or change as result of a favorable environment.’
I didn’t blog at all last year, that was intentional on my part. 2017 ended really weird, and heading into 2018 I really felt a break and pause was needed in certain areas of my life. Blogging was one of them. I realized that there were a few areas in my life where I’d made choices that weren’t allowing me to flourish. I wasn’t growing. I was letting fear and perfection cripple me, and keep me where I was. Fear can be a really easy thing to hide behind. If we stay in a place of fear, it keeps us from moving forward into the very things God has for us sometimes.
So 2018, was a year of recognizing where I was fearful. Writing it down, praying through it. And asking God to make me brave in the face of fear. Surrendering that fear, and self-doubt and letting go of a lot of it.
Am I still fearful at times? Heck, yes. But because of the lessons I’ve learned and mostly how to recognize it I now deal with it differently. And I think that is key, at least for me. There was no way I was going to flourish in 2018 if I didn’t start to recognize where I was, and where I wanted to be and reconcile the two. It took a lot of vulnerability and honesty with myself. It can be hard sometimes to really take a look at behaviors and patterns in your life and realize some of what you’re doing is unhealthy and not serving you well. That’s where I was, but I’m so thankful for this journey that 2018 brought me on.
As I head into 2019,
I feel brave
I feel ready
I feel sure of exactly who God has made me and what He’s called me to do
I know where my faults lie and I know how to surrender them
I feel confident
2019, I’m ready for you. Let’s do this.
Hello February! How did we get here? Seriously, like how? I can't believe how fast January flew by. My goal is to take a moment to slow down, enjoy time together, and make sure we have room for margin. I'm really craving white space in our lives right now, to make sure we're not just filling our schedules but really being mindful.
In January, we worked on making over our half bath. We painted. We got a new light fixture and hung up the mirror I bought months ago. It's really looking nice in there. We're planning on getting a new vanity in there as well. I'd like to continue to work on a least one home improvement project a month throughout this year. Hopefully it'll keep us on track to accomplish a lot of what we'd like to get done.
I did my 4th round of Whole30 last month, and then I got sick for 2 weeks. I still pushed through with my Whole30 but getting sick really didn't help me stay on track with my workouts. I'd like to get back on track and start being more consistent with my work out routine. And I'm now ready to fully transition into a Paleo lifestyle, my mission this month is to try and find a good set of recipes that my family and I love to put onto the dinner rotation.
And lastly, I'm building a brand new business with LimeLight, I couldn't be more excited and I have so many goals I can't wait! Here's what's on my goal list this month;
Personal:
Home:
LimeLight:
What are your goals for February? Let me know in the comments below.
Happy January friends! We're just a few short days into the new year and I'm excited! With the start of a new year it brings excitement and anticipation. I've already been organizing all the things. I've tackled my kitchen, my master closet and my kiddos rooms. It's been wonderful to go through de-clutter and get rid of things. And then organize them.
This year I decided with my goals I wanted to focus small and intentional. Not getting caught up in feeling like there has to be many each month but more small and focused. Again, I'm focusing on categories and I'm going to tell you the "why" behind each of them which I haven't done in a while. So here we go!
Personal:
Home:
There you have it! We really want to try to accomplish a home project once a month. We have a few more things we'd like to save up and do to our home. I realized last year we had so many things we wanted to do and started and stopped projects because we took on to much each month. This way we're hoping to tackle one thing each month and move on toward our house goals.
What are some of your goals for 2017? Let me know in the comments below.