Word of the Year

Word of the Year; I found this concept a few years ago and I fell in love with it. It wasn't up until last year that I actually chose a word of the year. I thought this is a great way to make this word your anchor- a guiding force for your year. 

For last year's word, I took a quiz and it choose it for me and while I had no idea how bloom would really take shape in my life, I kept it in the back of my mind and went on with my year. I talk all about how Bloom was applicable in last weeks post. 

I admittedly, had a slightly harder time choosing the word for this year.  I took the DaySpring Word of the Year quiz for this year and I didn't exactly love the word that was chosen for me (overcome) so I retook the quiz and still didn't like the word (transform). I looked at a list of Words that could be used as a Word of the Year; some words jumped out at me but nothing really screamed ME.

Eastern Gateway Community College had a Virtual Intention Setting Workshop in the middle of December and the representative from EGCC walked us through some questions and as I wrote down the answers, I tried to look for a pattern of the words. Was there something you were writing down for each question? In the end, after looking at my answers, I came up with the words creativity and kindness. BUT I still wasn't sold on them either. 

The next day it came to me and it was exactly what I needed. FOCUS. I needed to focus- at work, at home, with my life and with whatever I do. This is not saying I am not normally focused but last year I realized I was SUPER SUPER distractible and I felt like it was hard for me to accomplish things that were usually easy to accomplish. It might have been because we are in a middle of a global pandemic and 2020 was filled with so many unprecedented events that work/everyday life seemed hard to concentrate on but whatever the reason, I felt like this (focus) was exactly what I needed for 2021.

FOCUS on what is important and what is in front of me and goodness will come.  I have a bad habit of when I am doing a project, I am super committed to it in the beginning and then as the project wears on, I tend to lose focus a few days/weeks into the project. It frustrates me and I envy the people who can keep at something for weeks, months, years. I end up usually finishing what I started but it takes a lot of self talks and a lot of breaks to get it done. My hope is this year, something will click in my head and my focus will improve. 

I am curious to see how FOCUS will play into my year and what I will discover about myself this year. 

Did you pick a word of the year? Let me know in the comments below

[[Your focus is your reality- Yoda]]