I choose a new word every year to act as my theme or focus for the new calendar year. This time, my word snatched my ass up on my birthday. I have officially decided my birthday is the beginning a new year for me every year from now on. I don’t know what it was, but a major shift happened inside of me and my attitude changed. Things that had been bothering me, people, mess and so on, I dismissed it. I don’t know about you, but I am done carrying other people’s crap around like it belongs to me. To be honest, it messes with my charisma.
Speaking of charisma, it is my word for 2015, but it did not start that way.
I started the process of selecting a word with a list and I allowed the words to sit with me over the course of a couple of month. First, the word Grace showed up. It is something I don’t show enough of to myself. It is what I return to when I am reminded that God’s Grace is sufficient. It is enough. I am enough.
Then, the word Thrive showed up. To be honest, I have not been taking care of myself like I should. I was not eating well or sleeping soundly, until I started meditating first thing in the morning three months ago. Since I have been meditating daily, I am thriving in the mornings. This process sets the tone for my entire day.
Then, Charisma showed up. In the books I was reading. Books of fiction with strong characters became a slight obsession, as did books written by comedians. What they all had in common was charisma. The characters had it, comedians have it and I had to learn more. So, I started reading everything I could find on charisma so I could understand it better.
My intention was to have three words for the year. All of them were to function as a team. Each word supporting some aspect of my life I felt I needed to thrive, show grace or embrace charisma. Then, I started creating vision boards for each of the words. The Charisma board is the only one that felt “right”. That is how it became my main word for the year and Thrive and Grace are supporting words. Together, I think they are pretty awesome for me.
That is how I came to my word for 2015. I am looking forward to seeing where it takes me and how I grow with it. Have you selected a word or words for your year?
One more thing! I started a Photo a Day project and would love to have you be a part of it. I shared my first picture early this morning. Here’s to a great year!
