Word of the Year

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.

Happy 2014! May the coming year see better treatments and progress toward a cure for muscle disorders.