Choosing a word for 2021
Here we are on day seven of the new year, and the talk of goals and resolutions has started to die down already. I don’t really like to set resolutions for myself. I find I don’t stay focused on them long enough for them to actually ever make it past the 90-day mark.
For a few years, I have started to think about a word that resonates with me in early December. This year, I am sure there will be a handful of words that people are finding themselves drawn to bring family and community spirit back into our lives. It has been a roller coaster for most of the past 10 months. Putting words full of love for our family and our friends at the front of our minds is natural.
I felt strongly about those words when I started mulling things over in my mind, but one thing I am determined to keep going throughout the course of 2021 is my focus. Thinking on focus, I thought for a few weeks about what the action of focus was to me. What is my intent with being focused?
And just like that, a word popped into my head and instantly settled in my heart. My soul felt good when a few days later, I thought about it again. And now, as we start the second week of the new year, I know that the word that will hang in my office for the duration of 2021 is Connect.
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Connect
I want to connect with my clients better. To form strong and lasting friendships that have me as a cheerleader in their corner. I want to see them share their successes and life lessons.
I want to connect with my camera. To feel my soul when I look through my viewfinder, and no matter whether it is for my own personal enjoyment or capturing memories for a client, I want that connection every time.
I want to connect with my lifelong dreams. To feel my way through the times we are facing and find that break in the chaos that brings me through the other side to where my path is straight and true.
I want to connect with my horse. It has been way too long since I sat on his back and felt the power rippling from his haunches and through his front end. Even if it during a hack on a summer evening. I long for this!
I want to connect with my family and friends. To be in their corner, even if it is from my own corner of the world. We all need this.
Perhaps most of all, I want to connect with myself. I want to be the best me I can possibly be because, let’s be honest, when I am at my best, it is only then that I can do my best for you.
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