๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ.
For the last 3 years I have built out my annual plan (not just a business plan, but a plan for the WHOLE ME).ย One of the places I start is with 1-3 words from which I put a stake in the ground for the year. These are words that speak to me and the way I choose to take on the year ahead and the choices and experiences that will shape it.
๐ฆ๐ผ, ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐:
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ (like you, like me) - often charge ahead without much consideration or pause, driven by ambition and goals.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ, ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ?
Three words that ground you in what matters (to you).
Three words that challenge you to grow.
Three words that are there to remind you who you want to be and how you prioritize and choose.
๐๐ฎ 3 ๐๐ค๐ง 2025? ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ โ ๐๐ค๐๐ช๐จ - ๐ผ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐. ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป is about consciously putting in the time to cultivate becoming wiser.ย Itโs also about noticing and choosing to move through fear of taking a risk while knowing itโs the pathway to my next level; and more tactically, itโs also about expansion of my business.
๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ for me this year is very much about some of the stretch goals I have set for myself in a variety of areas of my life โ career, wellness, fun/recreation, personal growth, family/friends, community and physical environment being core areas where goals have been established (and written on my whiteboard).ย Focus is a way of being that I learned good and hard while climbing a 50-foot-tall tree in a ropes course in my early 20s. I know I can always access what it felt like on top of that tree, and refocus when I go astray.
๐๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ is a word that has served me well over the last 3 years โ and to me it encompasses wonder and courage and exploration and experiences.ย Iโll carry it over.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐? ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ'๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด - ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐. Declare them. Write them somewhere you can see them every day. Live them. And let them be the compass that keeps you aligned with your vision, values, and purposeโbecause the year is yours to shape.
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