Long time readers know that Iโm actively anti-resolutions, especially around January 1. This is because they are designed to fix things about ourselves that arenโt necessarily problems. Resolutions are so often rooted in self-flagellation, fueled by marketing and comparison traps.
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Basically, Iโm 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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Yโall itโs been a tough few years, and Iโm 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 Yearโs 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 โFUNโ 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 โSTEPS,โ just one at a time, andย
2022 was all about bringing it into โALIGNMENT.โ
Which leads me to present day, January 2023 and โEASE.โ
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Itโs been a joy this past year to spread the gospel of designing your work and life, the heart of my โYour New Life Blendโ framework. And while Iโm 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 partnersโmy coach, my beloved, a few inner circle folksโI want to do it all again in my business, but be less exhausted. How did it go with that in 2022? Well, I didnโt quite get there.
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Iโm definitely not beating myself over it. Remember one of my mantras, to ever and forever โbe 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 themeโone I can refer back to when the choices get fraught and the overwhelm creeps in, one that helps me know where iโm going, one that helps me know what to say YES to, whatโmore importantlyโto say NO to, and one that help me to evolve as necessary to stay in alignment with my higher visionโwell thatโs unbelievably grounding.
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I highly recommend it. So, do you โword of the year?โ




