The following post is one of the first posts on my new site: Graceful Rising (it will be up soon!).
The year 2016 will be my third year doing a "word of the year"
instead of a typical resolution. I did not come up with this awesome
idea, I was first introduced to the concept by Christine Kane (she's a
badass and worth following on your journey). The cool thing about
having a word is that it's more of a guide than a general resolution.
In
2014 my word was "confidence" and in 2015 it was "stability." These
words just came to me as I was doing the exercise, which I will provide a
link to at the bottom of this post. Just to give you an idea, some of
the specifics of working toward stability included physical stability,
mental stability, and financial stability. I journaled frequently (2-3
times per week) about ways I was meeting this goal. Things like
meditating, exercising, tracking spending, and saving money were all
ways I was embodying my word of the year.
If you were thinking
about doing a New Year's Resolution, or two, consider instead doing a
Word of the Year. I guarantee you won't regret it. Just let the word
come to you (you might be amazed at how easily this happens- a perfect
example of tapping into your awareness) and then work toward, and with,
your word for all of 2016.
Let's make 2016 our best year yet.
Christine has a 'Word of the Year Tool' that you can download to figure out your word for 2016. Download the tool here.
