Remember when the trend started a few years back, where people would pick ONE WORD to define their whole year? Yeah. I thought I would never attempt such a thing. Then, it was like one year a word simply kept popping up over and over again, so I embraced it. Of course, then I wanted to try again the next year. And that word seemed to work, too. But this year ... well ... My word this year was MAINTAIN. In other words, I wanted to keep my forward momentum, but not necessarily pick up the pace.
I don't think I did a very good job. Don't get me wrong. I had a lot of momentum. But I think instead of maintaining it, I sped it up! I almost feel like I've tripped and am rolling down a big long, bumpy hill. In other words, I might have taken on more than I should have for this year. I don't regret anything I accomplished. I'm very proud of it all. But I think my health and sometimes my family life suffered for all the different areas I volunteered my time. Some of it was self-inflicted and others were unavoidable. And I made it through. But this next year, I'm hoping to organize my time better. So many people have jokingly called me Wonder Woman or asked if I'm hiding a cape. I'm not. But I think sometimes I set my expectations of myself too high. And I often tend to make myself live up to my expectations. Not always good to be an idealist. So, am I choosing a word for next year? Probably not. But I do plan to breathe, to try and not have deadlines right on top of each other, if possible. And to not push myself to write another book at a time when I know other things are going to be happening, too. Duh. Anyway, did you have a word this year? Did you do any better than I did?
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