I like that you used a camera for focus. Let us know what visual you end up using for release..it could be fun.
My word for 2022 will be PREPARE.
DH and I are moving towards retirement and we need to prepare for this. It means preparing our finances, preparing to close up this house, preparing the farm for us to move into. 2022 is the start of a 2 year plan.
I don't know where the year has gone but I need to get back and look at my word for 2022.
What I do realise and I know that I am not alone here is it does not take much to derail plans and goals. I lost a big chunk of July and August due to the passing of two family members and I am struggling a bit to get back on track. I know that real life often throws us curve balls and we just manage as best as we can. I know I need to be kind to myself over the next few weeks to allow for healing.
Time to reset and make the most of the rest of the year, how ever that may look like.
Mary!! Thank you for sharing. I have printed this off and am going to put it in my daily planner. This is the anxious persons list and describes me perfectly.1. Stop Overanalyzing Situations That Haven’t Happened
2. Don’t Take on Other People’s Problems
3. Get Present in the Moment
4. Focus on What You Have, Not What You Don’t
5. Follow a Steady Routine
6. Take Good Self-Care
7. Stop Surrounding Yourself With People Who Don’t Make You Happy
8. Find a Job That Makes You Feel Good
9. Take on What You Can Handle
10. Let Go of Grudges and Anger
11. Stop Reliving Your Past
12. Don’t Complain About Things You Can’t Change
13. Stop Living Through Other People’s Lives
Thank you for sharing this. Several struck a chord and are what I'm focusing on. #4, 10, 11, and 12 are daily stressors that I deal with as a widow. If I let myself get into a "woe is me" mindset, I will quickly spiral downward. So I remind myself daily of what I have to be grateful for, how blessed my life really is. There is nothing I can change about the loss of my spouse, so I need to let it go. #7 and #13 are playing a role in my life right now, as I'm debating on moving on from my widows group into other social groups. I'm just not getting enough out of it and, when I stop and think about it, would I choose to hang out with some of the people on a regular basis, if the connecting thread was not being widowed? A majority are not someone I'd invite into my home for coffee, book group, or a casual gathering. So why am I spending so much time in their world? The stress and irritation I get from being on the organizational team and working with the lead organizer is just not worth it. I'm giving it to the end of the year, I think, and will likely not rejoin the group in January. Time for me to move forward and a pace that works for me, rather than marking time.3. Get Present in the Moment [relates to my Word of the Year; put down the cell phone and pay attention]
4. Focus on What You Have, Not What You Don’t
7. Stop Surrounding Yourself With People Who Don’t Make You Happy
10. Let Go of Grudges and Anger
11. Stop Reliving Your Past
12. Don’t Complain About Things You Can’t Change
13. Stop Living Through Other People’s Lives
Me too! I can have a whole dialogue in my head of a situation that has not even happened and may not eventuate. Some thing I must work on.I struggle a lot with #1.
I read some where that it is important for our well being to not weigh ourselves down with other peoples burdens, we have enough struggles carrying our own.Now that the program is finished and I am back in the real world again, I am being thoughtful and intentional in how I’m going to deal with people who have been needy of my time. My one long time friend has gotten worse and worse over the years with her “Dumping” of her problems. We all go through them. We all need to talk them out but what happened to the laughter? I got a number of texts from her over the summer and because I finally saw that my time is valuable, I kept my responses brief. I haven’t seen her in 7 months but I will be seeing her sometime in the next two weeks. In the meantime, I will not overanalyze what may or may not happen at that meeting. I am really going to start focusing on me and what I want and/or need.
I know that feeling of being on a "journey", but just putting one foot in front of the other. Yes, it gets you there, just not in the time you alotted. My patience is better, and I started purging, but not as much (or as many people) who needed to be removed. Now, to figure out my direction for the New Year. Hmmm ...You guys rock @sweetpumkinpye and @AnnieClaus ..... Mine was Renew ... Hmmmm, I think I am also on that "journey" ... not where I want to be, not where I was, just one foot in front of the other step step step... forward .....
Release was an empty bird cage.I like that you used a camera for focus. Let us know what visual you end up using for release..it could be fun.