How To Choose a Word To Guide You Through 2024
Will you welcome in the power of an annual word?
You are not the same person today as at the start of 2023.
Whether you like it or not, you’ve changed. Some of this change may be intentional, some may be incidental, and some may simply be part of the natural flow of life.
Tell me, do you ever feel like a passenger in your own life, being taken for a joy ride and completely out of control? Maybe you feel like life is happening to you, as opposed to something you have any influence over.
If you could take total control over your life, what influences would you introduce?
Guiding words from the past
At the start of 2022, inspired by my writing friend Sandra Pawula, I chose a guiding word to help steer me through the year.
“Perseverance” was my word of 2022.
Whenever I felt lost or helpless, I returned to my guiding word. The echo of perseverance encouraged me to harness my inner determination; it gave me the focus and mindset to proceed through setbacks and perceived failings without surrendering to de…