My One Word For 2018

It’s DONE! Kaput! Finished! Finito! 2017 made it’s glorious entrance almost 12 months ago and now, it’s about to move into the history books.

And now, we are about to do what we do at the end of every year. We look back and decide whether it was a good year, a great year, a hard year or just a year filled with lessons. Then, we’ll create some resolutions, goals or simply decide how we will live differently in the new year. Some of us will simply shrug our shoulders while saying, “Meh, it’s just another day!”

Whatever your approach, the days still move on and they don’t wait for you. So, my approach is to be as intentional as I can about every moment. Is that tiring? Yeah, sometimes it is. But, it’s better! When I look back, I’m usually glad I was intentional about creating the moment.

For the last few years, I have been intentional about choosing a word which would guide me through the year. Once my word is chosen, I typically write about it, then print it in LARGE letters. Once printing is complete, I post it on the wall of my office and also on a board in my bedroom so I can see it and constantly return to it.

In 2014, I chose the word EXPLOSIVE. Be careful about your words because 2014 was definitely an explosive time in my life. Things exploded, just not in the way I’d hoped :). My business crashed in a BIG way and that…