Every year I pick a word that I want to strive for that year. I know it sounds really corny but it really helps me to focus and hone in on what I want that year to embody for me.
In the past I have chosen a lot of different words but the one that was most successful for me was authentic. For anyone who may not know my story I will summarize really quickly, I had a really difficult freshman year of college and it had me really questioning who I was at my very core. I was really struggling with who I was and I was insecure so I tried to become someone I wasn’t. Not only was I in a toxic environment but I was only making the situation worse by tearing myself apart even further. It wasn’t until I was able to make a change that I was able to take a step back and see what I was doing to myself. After I had that clarity I decided that I was going to live my life differently and strive to be authentic. I get up every day and I make a conscious decision to be authentically myself in everything I do that day. Living my life authentically has helped to improve my mental health and self-image immensely. Ever since then I have come up with a word to embody and strive for each year.
This year my word is empowered. I have realized in the past few months since I have graduated college that I can sometimes take a passive approach to my life. I don’t mean passive in the sense that I don’t do anything, I mean passive in the sense that I put everyone else before me. I do not think it is necessarily a bad thing to put others before yourself but it should not be 100% of the time. I have learned that it is not selfish to put yourself first because if you don’t take care of yourself you cannot help others. Entrepreneurship is something I have always been passionate about but people have always steered me away from because it is “risky.” As a result, I have been taking other people’s thoughts and opinions to heart and letting it deter me from going after things that I really want to do. That is why my word for this year is empowered. I am empowering myself to do what I want regardless of what other people may think or say about it. I am giving myself permission to put myself first and do things that make me happy.
What is your word for the year? Why did you pick that word? How do you plan on implementing this word into your life?
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