Head in the sand

Ok, so it's a tad bit embarrassing to see that the last time I posted was for New Years.  Life is, as always, busy and hectic.  I've spent a lot of time re-evaluating why I even wanted to start blogging.  Why does anyone blog?  For me it's about connection, about accountability, about finding my voice.  I'm on a journey to discover MY awesome, and hopefully in the process help someone else discover theirs.  If no one reads this, that's ok.  I love you, out there in virtual land, but this isn't about you.  This is about me.  It's about my sister.  It's about being honest, and vulnerable, and willing to change.  September is here and almost gone.  That leaves three more months in 2014.  Three more months until we are all filled with dreams and visions of how amazing 2015 will be and all that we will accomplish.  That also gives us three more months to make 2014 amazing and all we hoped it would be.  SO much can happen in three months.  Let's do this.

2014

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  2014 is here!!!!  WOOP!!

Not sure if you can tell, but I'm excited about this.  New beginnings always excite me.  I love the opportunity it gives us to reflect on the past.  To really dissect what we experienced and learned in the ending year and ways to grow in the next.  I'll write more about my closing ceremonies in a later post.

I know many of us come up with New Years resolutions, and many others pish posh the whole idea of resolutions.  To each his own and I can see where both lines of thinking have their benefits.  Which ever resonates with you, own it.

For me, rather than coming up with solid resolutions, I have chosen to focus on a word or a theme for each year.  This gives me something simple to focus on the whole year through.  Something that keeps me on track with how I want my year to go.  It helps me when I get derailed.

My word for 2014 is "Growth".  I desire to do the hard things this year.  I desire growth in so many aspects of my life, emotionally, spiritually and physically.  I desire to grow in the work that I do.  I want to grow in to the adult I am meant to become.  I want to grow in my c
allings in life.

The root of the word "Growth" is Root: Old English growan (of plants) "to grow, flourish, increase, develop, get bigger" and some synonyms that resonate with me are : increase, proliferation, expansion,  magnification, amplification, deepening, heightening,  broadening,  development, maturation,  evolution, , shooting up, springing up, , sprouting, unfolding, opening, blooming, blossoming, flowering, ripening, progress, movement forward, headway, promotion, furtherance, improvement, advancement, rise, elevation.

I even came across this great post that has a work sheet for kids to focus on their word for the year and how they want their 2014 to go.  http://www.thirtyhandmadedays.com/2013/12/printable-new-years-resolutions/

So what about you?  What's your word for this year?