Now What?
And just like that 2022 has come to an end……
My 2023 word of the year is: Consistency.
I fought God with this one.
Normally when I choose my word of the year, I have my word solidified before the last week of December. This time was different, I was having a hard time choosing my 2023 word. I would think about this daily, but nothing was feeling right because when I choose my word of the year, I have to feel a spiritual connection to it. Sort of like a push from God to go in that direction. My 2022 word of the year was “Intentional”. I spent the year being very intentional with my thoughts, feelings; and towards the end of the year I learned the true power in my words, so that made choosing the right word that much harder.
12/31/22 at approximately 8:30pm, sitting on my couch; fully dressed btw. {image attached} Thinking about all that I have gone through over my life, and what I learned about life in the last year. Praising God for what he has done in my life and thanking him in advance for what he has planned for me. While giving God praise and thinking over my life I was throwing out words that matched what I wanted for my life, but nothing was sticking until I thought of the word “Consistency” *BOOM* That was it! It hit me with a surge of energy that I knew was nobody but God. When consistency came to mind I instantly felt a sense of discomfort. Committing to being consistent means I have the privilege of doing what I said I’m going to do, no matter how uncomfortable it makes me feel or how much I don’t feel like doing it.
I was trying to negotiate with God. I knew by committing to consistency I could no longer hide behind the excuses of I can’t and it’s ok that I don’t. Take my weight loss for instance, I know the formula to lose weight…but what do I do, everything but stick to the formula. So being consistent means I can no longer allow myself to not do what is needed to get stuff done.
Once we were done picking our 2023 word, Kevin (his word is Efficiency) and I came up with goals we want to accomplish and the plan to attain those goals. We are now shifting from becoming who it is we want to be to being who it is we want to be. That means putting in that extra effort that we know we need to put in. We have to start pushing past how we feel and focus on our goals. We committed to being each others accountability partner. We individually created a daily to do list that we will use to check off completed tasks throughout the day. We also set goals with a due date, that way we have something to be held accountable to. We vow to hold each other up and push each other to make the right decisions to stay on the right path to successfully attaining our goals.
When creating this schedule and plan, we had to get real with ourselves. We asked ourselves how much more are we willing to give to change our words to action? What are we willing to do? What are we willing to give up? How much time are we wiling to invest? We knew whatever we said we were going to stick with. We created a plan that stretched us for growth, while maintaining a level of comfort for support.
By listing out our goals, coming up with a realistic plan and an attainable schedule, we removed all roadblocks and excuses.
It’s important that we do what we have to do to get us moving forward. Sometimes when we look at everything all together it can be extremely overwhelming, I challenge you to take bite size chunks out of your goals. Choose one thing that doesn’t overwhelm you, but gets you moving towards your goal.
I know it’s not easy, but I’m sure it will be worth it.
NYE 2022. Spent the day at home, but still decided to get dressed up.
