Hope your body feels better soon, Asha... and I hope your spirit feels good NOW because you have given us a gift here. You've illuminated something powerful, which is finding the space to imagine things differently.
"Plans are dressed-up wishes" i LOVE this. And I especially love all your thoughts about resolutions
I always pick a word or phrase of the year. The great thing about this is that, like a skilled palm-reader or generalised horoscope, you can usually bend it to suggest you DID do whatever that thing was! I say that cuncialy, but honestly, every year I am like 'i DID "release" a lot this year!' 'i DID really "come back home to myself" this year!'
I appreciate you! Also booooooo for being sick!!!!!! xoxoxox
Mehhh, I woke up this morning feeling a *little* better. This cold has a long tail.
Re: A word/phrase of the year. I love this practice and hearing folks talk about how their words/phrases play out. Here's the deal for me: I forget to think about my word! I see now that part of it is setting a reminder to reflect on the word weekly/monthly, or whatever. Is that what you do?
Also, a sort of sadly funny true story. In December 2019, I chose a word for 2020. That word was "vision." Pun aside, it was about trusting my own vision for future projects, etc, what I was going to do, how, all of it. Less than a month later, the ground dropped out from under me and everything fell apart. The word "vision" seemed like a cruel joke! But now I see it totally differently. (My metaphoric brain is going nuts right now.)
I’ve never been one for NY resolutions. As an educator, my year seems to start in August anyway. I tend to get very productive that time of year. But I also don’t believe in making them. They put too much pressure on us to keep them up. I’ve probably said this to you before, but my motto is “ once in a row.” Do the thing once, be pleased, and if it isn’t achieved again tomorrow or even next week, that’s ok. Just do it as often as practical. Be pleased that you did and ok if you didn’t.
Hope your body feels better soon, Asha... and I hope your spirit feels good NOW because you have given us a gift here. You've illuminated something powerful, which is finding the space to imagine things differently.
Thank you for this lovely comment, Maura. (Sniff, sniff.)
"Plans are dressed-up wishes" i LOVE this. And I especially love all your thoughts about resolutions
I always pick a word or phrase of the year. The great thing about this is that, like a skilled palm-reader or generalised horoscope, you can usually bend it to suggest you DID do whatever that thing was! I say that cuncialy, but honestly, every year I am like 'i DID "release" a lot this year!' 'i DID really "come back home to myself" this year!'
I appreciate you! Also booooooo for being sick!!!!!! xoxoxox
Mehhh, I woke up this morning feeling a *little* better. This cold has a long tail.
Re: A word/phrase of the year. I love this practice and hearing folks talk about how their words/phrases play out. Here's the deal for me: I forget to think about my word! I see now that part of it is setting a reminder to reflect on the word weekly/monthly, or whatever. Is that what you do?
Also, a sort of sadly funny true story. In December 2019, I chose a word for 2020. That word was "vision." Pun aside, it was about trusting my own vision for future projects, etc, what I was going to do, how, all of it. Less than a month later, the ground dropped out from under me and everything fell apart. The word "vision" seemed like a cruel joke! But now I see it totally differently. (My metaphoric brain is going nuts right now.)
Haha I love the reframe!
I usually also forget them, but this year, I wrote it on a post it and taped it next to the camera on my laptop. Highly recommend that!
I’ve never been one for NY resolutions. As an educator, my year seems to start in August anyway. I tend to get very productive that time of year. But I also don’t believe in making them. They put too much pressure on us to keep them up. I’ve probably said this to you before, but my motto is “ once in a row.” Do the thing once, be pleased, and if it isn’t achieved again tomorrow or even next week, that’s ok. Just do it as often as practical. Be pleased that you did and ok if you didn’t.
You’re the best, Jill.