Anti-Resolution, Pro-Evolution ๐Ÿ˜œ

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Long time readers know that Iโ€™m actively anti-resolutions, especially around January 1. This is because they are designed to fix things about ourselves that arenโ€™t necessarily problems. Resolutions are so often rooted in self-flagellation, fueled by marketing and comparison traps.
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Basically, Iโ€™m extremely opposed to introducing ways to beat ourselves up, which I find is the heart of resolutions. I am definitely pro-evolutions, however.
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Yโ€™all itโ€™s been a tough few years, and Iโ€™m a firm believer in doing whatever we can to make things simpler. Clearer. Easier.
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In fact, my 2023 word of the year is EASE. Sometimes the word comes quickly, sometimes slowly, and this one came in a flash on New Yearโ€™s Day, a clear evolution of my last few years and the words that guided me.
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For example:

2020 was meant to be about infusing โ€œFUNโ€ into all things. Can you imagine? This still cracks me up in reflection of all that unfolded that year.

2021 was all about taking things in โ€œSTEPS,โ€ just one at a time, andย 

2022 was all about bringing it into โ€œALIGNMENT.โ€

Which leads me to present day, January 2023 and โ€œEASE.โ€
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Itโ€™s been a joy this past year to spread the gospel of designing your work and life, the heart of my โ€œYour New Life Blendโ€ framework. And while Iโ€™m thrilled with my business growth, with whom I have been able to help, and with the plans I have for how I can help even more, I have to say that the last few years of work have been a bit more frenetic than I am happy to admit.
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In fact, at the end of 2021, I said to all my accountability partnersโ€“my coach, my beloved, a few inner circle folksโ€“I want to do it all again in my business, but be less exhausted. How did it go with that in 2022? Well, I didnโ€™t quite get there.
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Iโ€™m definitely not beating myself over it. Remember one of my mantras, to ever and forever โ€œbe gentle with yourself.โ€ : )
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But, hence: EASE for 2023
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And anyway, the really good news is I know what to do. I am fortunate to have incredible support in my team and business coach, and this helps tremendously.
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But having a word of the year to be a guiding themeโ€“one I can refer back to when the choices get fraught and the overwhelm creeps in, one that helps me know where iโ€™m going, one that helps me know what to say YES to, whatโ€“more importantlyโ€“to say NO to, and one that help me to evolve as necessary to stay in alignment with my higher visionโ€“well thatโ€™s unbelievably grounding.
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I highly recommend it. So, do you โ€œword of the year?โ€

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