I try to put a lot of thought into the word that I pick for my word of the year. I want to pick something that really does represent something to me and what I’m trying to achieve, but it also can’t be too specific. For a while, I was also getting a bracelet with the word I picked each year so I tried to limit what I was considering as my word to what was available from that store.
In some ways, having that limitation was good because it made me focus on only a certain number of options. But as I’ve had more and more words of the year, that has also limited me in what works. And over the past few years, I haven’t worn the bracelet (or ring like I got last year) when I’m out so that didn’t seem like a good way to pick something anymore. So when I was thinking of what I wanted my word to be this year, I didn’t have any restrictions and I allowed myself more time to think about it so I could be really sure of my choice.
There were several options that I went back and forth on because they all represented different aspects of things I wanted to see in 2023. But I think I finally found the perfect word to not only represent this year but what I have done in the past. And that’s why I chose my word for 2023 to be Ready.
I feel like this is exactly what I want to use as a guideline for what I do this year. I have spent a lot of time working on myself in different ways and I am ready to see what comes next or what I can accomplish. And I am ready for so many different things in my life to happen.
I’m ready to see changes come in my physical health this year. I’ve been doing a lot to work on different parts of my health, but I think that things will go to a new level this year with all my various health concerns. I also feel like I’m ready to take steps to improve upon what I’ve been doing at Orangetheory. I know I have a lot of struggles because I have so many bad weeks, so I haven’t made a lot of improvements with what I can do. But I want to try to track things better and really see some improvement this year.
I’m ready to put myself out there more, both in dating and my social life in general. I do still want to be cautious because Covid is not over and there are other things to worry about, but I want to stop allowing other fears to stop me. I won’t put myself in situations that feel dangerous or that don’t sit right with me, but I also want to accept and say yes to offers that maybe I’m not 100% sure about. I need to take more risks and I think I’m ready to do that.
And I feel like I’m ready to see what happens with my job. I have made a lot of changes with my work situation the past few years, but especially this past year. And I want to continue to see how I can make my job the best situation possible. I want to stop worrying if I can do something if I’m asked because I know they are asking because they believe in me. I remember reading something about how typically women will not apply for a promotion or accept more responsibility unless they know they can do that work. But men typically will apply or accept something greater if they believe they can do it. I want to switch my mindset from needing to know to believing I can.
There are other things that I think I’m ready for in my life and I just have to be open to what comes my way. I know not everything will be positive and that there will be some setbacks, but I also know the work I have been doing on my own and that I really am ready to take a lot of forward steps in my life this year.
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