Alright, basically, coming into 2024, my word of the year, okay, is SPACE. This word feels right to me, evoking how I want to feel and move through the year. I want to cultivate a luxurious feeling of expansiveness and room in my life, instead of wedging all my tasks and doings in around each other and my work like some sort of bloody awful tetris.
I think it's 'threshold' for me. I've just had a fiftieth birthday, and I'm feeling already this is second life. I had better make it count. Thresholds to thin or sacred spaces, and to self and others. See what you think, wrote this today.
I haven’t picked a word for a year before and I’m not necessarily doing it now _but_ I am very focused on the idea of REST at the moment. I’m trying to focus on what energy and drive I have and decide if I need a rest. If I do, I will rest with no guilt or anxiety over what I’m _not_ doing, whatever that may be. If I don’t need to rest, I will make a conscious effort to do things that are productive/therapeutic/enjoyable.
I think it's 'threshold' for me. I've just had a fiftieth birthday, and I'm feeling already this is second life. I had better make it count. Thresholds to thin or sacred spaces, and to self and others. See what you think, wrote this today.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theseainme/p/thresholds?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=46rss
I haven’t picked a word for a year before and I’m not necessarily doing it now _but_ I am very focused on the idea of REST at the moment. I’m trying to focus on what energy and drive I have and decide if I need a rest. If I do, I will rest with no guilt or anxiety over what I’m _not_ doing, whatever that may be. If I don’t need to rest, I will make a conscious effort to do things that are productive/therapeutic/enjoyable.
Jessica, thank you so much for the mention, and your beautiful words.
It's all about that mindset, isn't it! 💗