Choose your word for 2020
I have chosen the word tolerance as my word for 2020. I have in mind though, several of its meanings, the more common broad-minded, as well as patience, endurance, and forbearance. My phrase is I am strong.
Words are beautiful. And I absolutely love the ones that roll off your tongue, or ones that leave an image in your mind’s eye. While those kinds of words don’t seem fashioned to make words of the year material, every dictionary or thesaurus is full of many possible choices.
So, keeping that in mind I would urge everyone to come up with a word to describe how you want to be inspired during the year, or a word that will make you feel a particular way, or a word that shouts out your intention for the year.
It’s not too late for you to choose a word, a phrase, or both for this year. Words have the power to resonate beyond their ability to describe things, or when used for communication with one another. When used for your year, it’s meaning will be special to you and as unique as you and your life are.
For example:
I chose to use simplify as my word last year because an ongoing situation in my personal life determined that it would be the best fit for me. It was the right word and it served me well as I simplified how I ran my home and business so I could spend my time on something more important to me.
“I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.”
Of course, if the above doesn’t suit you there are still those people who go the resolution route, though I don’t advise it.
Skip that resolution
Let’s begin with a raised hand if your New Year resolution has gone by the wayside, never to be seen again. Kudos to those of you who are still on track with your goal.
For those of you who have failed to stick with it, you’re certainly not alone. Most of you will have either bitten off more than you can chew, chosen a goal not your own because it’s popular, or made zero effort to plan and follow it through.
Every year that you don’t complete your resolution makes it that much more likely you won’t complete the next one either. Please do yourself a favor and don’t set yourself up for failure at the beginning of each new year.
I hope you found this post instructive. Please share it with your family and friends.