What is your word or phrase for the year?

[Ani_]

Happy 2023! 💫

This week's question is inspired by Super Seller @JUYBoutique20's suggestion: 

What is your word or phrase for the year? 

Share with us below! 

[JUYBoutique20]

Thanks so much...My friends and I always add our word or phrase of the year to our vision board...My word for the year is redefine....Redefining give you the opportunity to look at all things differently and evolve...

[Ani_]

Great choice, @JUYBoutique20. Very inspiring! 

[JUYBoutique20]

Thanks!!!

[petercolorist]

TRUST

[sugarlab]

I saw this on a TikTok recently "I am so lucky. Everything always works out for me" Last year was a battle and more negative than I'd like. So I want to be more optimistic, even through the challenges. 

[mksavage]

I love this! So much of life is about perspective, and this feels like it's the beginning of reframing a lot of potentially frustrating things. I'm going to be keeping this in mind!

[sdrcutrell]

Compassion

[Mel37901]

Centered

[zenholistic]

Balance!

[fullstrengthkat]

My word is savor...life, food, moments, nature, family, friends...

[Ani_]

@fullstrengthkat Beautiful! 💛 It's a good reminder to be present and enjoy what's around you. 

[TCSlaguna]

Community.... we are continuing to create a place for self-growth and balancing in the community. 

[rjonin]

I love this question.

My word of the year is Integrated-CONNECTION.  I own a beauty business and interact with so many exceptional individuals. I aspire to connect everyone to someone who can help them with a challenge in their own life...someone needing a lawyer or accountant or in-home help.  The "integrated" part is using alll of the courses and education I've paid for and integrating that into my business and life.

[Michael_L]

Just keep swimming!

[Ani_]

@Michael_L Yes!! That quote never gets old 🐠

[OldCoder]

Wheeeeee!

[mksavage]

The phrase that has kept popping into mind during this first week of the year has been "Create Space." I have been feeling so cluttered and overwhelmed (digitally, physically, mentally), and I keep feeling this urge to clean house. Clear out old ways of thinking, being, working -- creating space to breathe, think, dream, do, and rest. It's been informing a lot of my decisions, and been really front of mind as I make the small decisions of how to spend my time.

[Ani_]

@mksavage I love this, Michelle! I can totally relate to the feeling of overwhelmness/clutter and wanting to clean the house non-stop (especially with a one year old running around pulling everything in sight 🤣). Keeping "Create Space" as a mental note for myself as well. Thanks for sharing! 

[mksavage]

I feel your pain, @Ani_ ! I have a 3-year-old who loves to play and build and explore...which is so fun -- but also leads to SO much clutter! It honestly gets to the place where between my inbox, crazy desk, to-do list, and the toys... well, you can imagine, haha. Ready to "clear the decks" as my mom would say -- mentally and physically (and digitally!).

[Anthem]

Fun one @Ani_!  It seems like I'm always struggling to finish ideas and launch them. I don't have a phrase for it, but the idea is to reduce pressure on implementing new ideas, learn quicker, adjust, and keep learning. 

Well, not creative enough to grab a cool name so: 25 - 70 - go - improve

Get a clear vision in place

Get it 25% toward implementation

Turn it over (delegate 🫣) empower someone to take it to 70% and launch it

Let the world tell you how to improve the idea and keep going

I've got a long way to go before I get this right but this idea is giving a little release to the perfectionist, over-achiever in me from feeling like I have to have it all just right before implementing only to find out I didn't think of everything. We're gonna make mistakes, embrace them, move to market more quickly and watch to succeed quickly or fail quickly, learn and repeat.