MOW – 2020 FOCUS

I have been on this journey with My One Word for a decade now. I started back in 2010; the last 10 years of words: Healthy, Inspire, Move, Embrace, Cherish, Action, Patience, Ignite, Restore, and Balance. Some years have been better than others, but I have worked to stay true to the word that found me for the year. As 2019 started to wind down I was feeling a bit stressed out that My One Word for 2020 had not found me. I thought I had found a word, but that was the problem, I found the word. You see, My One Word finds me, I don’t find it. I was reading someone’s tweet and My One Word found me. It was almost like a face plant of “Duh, here I am!”. 

While creating the graphic for FOCUS I realized that focus and 2020 are really a pretty bad pun on one another. Yet, it really does mean more to me than that. Through the last 10 years I have worked to RESTORE (2018) myself, I did EMBRACE (2013) what was happening in my life, and I have worked to CHERISH (2014) what is going on around me yet, I really haven’t set a true FOCUS on myself. I’m beginning to realize that through self-love, acceptance, and honesty for myself I can and will be better for everyone in my life as well. 

As always I want to connect the meaning of My One Word to a verse in the Bible and use a literal definition to help with the direction the year may go. I’m not always able to find a Bible verse with the exact word, yet one that has a connection of meaning. The connection is through Proverbs 4:25 “Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.”, while the definition is an intransitive verb form “to concentrate attention or effort”. 

Here’s to a new year, a new decade, and a new FOCUS on life! Happy 2020 everyone, may you find what you need in the coming year.  

BALANCE – 2019 Year in Review

I knew going into 2019 with My One Word there is no perfect BALANCE to life, but I was hoping for more symmetry within the parts of my life. Well, that didn’t happen, if anything it was completely blown out of the water, yet using the various words from the acrostic poem I created I do see how 2019 has been rewarding.

Believe – with the “gentle” push of a dear friend who believes in me I am working to complete something I had started yet was unable to finish. I will finish this task within the next five months!

Attitude – I’m learning to see and understand aspects of my life with a different attitude and working to make adjustments along the way.

Love – I’m learning to love myself as I am and learn that I am in charge.

Allow – I’m allowing myself to grow and know that growth takes courage.

New – I’m trying new things, started a new school, and making new connections.

Connect – I’m working to connect with who I am becoming and the possibilities that are out there waiting for me.

Energy – This year has taught me that social and emotional energy is just as important as physical energy. 

 I started 2019 wth “I Believe through my Attitude, Love from others, being able to Allow New growth and Connect with positive Energy” that 2019 will be a good year. While I didn’t really achieve the type of BALANCE I was hoping for I have learned a great deal about myself. As 2019 ends I am stronger than I was at the beginning and I’m able to better BALANCE what life places on me. 

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