Lately, with the new year approaching, I've been thinking about what my word for the year will be. What do I want to consider when making decisions? What do I want to have more of in my life, what feeling, what concept as a whole do I want to feel I'm heading in the direction of?
Succeed: achieve the desired aim or result
synonyms: triumph, achieve success, be successful, do well, flourish, thrive
informal synonyms: make it, make the grade, be successful, turn out well, be effective
success: the accomplishment of an aim or purpose
synonyms: favorable outcome, successfulness, truimph
I'm asking myself what succeeding looks like in my life. (I love that "turn out well" informal synonym above ;)) What changes do I need to make in priorities, thought patterns, scheduling, habits, etc. Where am I already succeeding? Where am I feeling the most pressure, stress, guilt over not? Lots of thoughts swirling...family, marriage, motherhood, spiritual, physical, finances, work, play, and on it goes.
Of course, I could have chosen any number of words that would fit the bill, succeed seemed to cover it. As I wrote before, I want to live all-in, to step up my game and feel better about the life I'm creating by the choices I'm making in action and thought. What will lead to more success in my life? When making decisions I want to ask:
I started participating in Ali's One Little Word last year, choosing order as my word. In truth, I didn't really go all-in with it, (and I am disappointed in that. Whatever, what's done is done, I'm moving on, and choosing to do differently this year.) I am going to do the class exercises this year, all the way through. Even still, I did make progress last year, it just takes longer than I thought to right this ship, big changes can and will still be made. I want one of those "that was such an amazingly good year" years. Honestly, I can't remember the last time I felt that way, which tells me there is something wrong with my thinking right there! Like I said, I believe big changes can and will be made.
Here are some things I plan to use as tools to help me succeed:
• ali's class ($5.00 off until tomorrow)
• the free download goals kit here (you'll have to scroll a bit to find link to download)
• this kit
• free calendar & to do list here
How about you? What does success look like for you? Are you choosing a word for 2014? Any tools you're using and recommend? More info on the One Little Word movement here.
HERE'S TO SUCCEEDING IN 2014!!!
