Tag: buildingcommunity

Usually, I pick a theme word or a mantra to focus on. It’s less intimidating than actual goals, and I’m more likely to use a word or mantra as a yardstick when I’m making decisions or setting the tone for “now what” moments. Past themes have included “Simplify,” “Gently,” and “Joyfully.” One year I even made a whole list of about fifty meaningful words, and then narrowed them down to a list of five. That was pretty epic.

This year, I have a list of four areas of my life that I’d like to focus on. When I have energy, time, spoons, this is what I want to pick up and grow into:

• My Crafts
  including this blog, and maybe writing more sections of my romance novel world
• Simplifying and De-Stressing my Life
  and my lifestyle and also my messy piles of STUFF
• Loving and Supporting my Community
  ironically, I’m slowly learning that this means sharing more updates about me, too
• Being Seen and Heard
  I find this very scary, actually, so it’s an area of my life I’d like to breathe into this year.

So that’s me in 2025. I’d love to hear from you about your goals or words or growth, and where you hope the year will take you. Here’s a link to the comments area, and also a link to send me an email. Fair warning: I haven’t tested these links yet, so if you don’t hear back, I AM SO SORRY PLEASE TRY AGAIN. And thanks for being here in this strange new world, with all it’s lingering old problems, with me. Let’s breathe into the possibilities together.