The awesome co-hosts for the January 4 posting of the IWSG are Jemima Pett, Debs Carey, Kim Lajevardi, Sarah Foster, Natalie Aguirre, and T. Powell Coltrin!
January 4 question – Do you have a word of the year? Is there one word that sums up what you need to work on or change in the coming year? For instance, in 2021 my word of the year was Finish. I was determined to finish my first draft by the end of the year. In 2022, my word of the year was Ease. I want to get my process, systems, finances, and routines where life flows with ease and less chaos. What is your word for 2023?
I’ve seen this same idea in a couple of places this year, and I have to wonder if it’s a sneaky way to get people to commit to a New Year’s Resolution. Which I don’t do.
But I can commit to a word.
Breathe.
Last year was filled with endings and beginnings. In the turmoil, I often forgot to just breathe. I needed to let things happen and then let go, instead of holding on to them and forcing them down a path they didn’t want to go. That was last year.
This year, I’m going to go with the flow. Enjoy the moments life offers me. Breathe in. Breathe out.
Breathe.
What’s your word?
Breathe is something I have to remind myself of all the time. Great word.
Teresa
Allowed to sing at last, as pandemic fear fades away, I realised, at the fuirest session, that I’d forgotten how to breathe. Trying to d=sing, fatal.
Works for panic attacks too… far betrter than meds.,
If it’s been a stressful year, then breathe is perfect.