my word for 2021
for years my mantra has been february is the new january… february just always feels like a better time to start the new year; here in Australia it’s the end of summer holidays and the start of the new school year, plus it’s the lunar new year, so why not!
there used to be a time where i'd be so excited for a fresh new year... this is it, i'd think, this is my year. but now my perspective has changed. i’m not looking for a great year anymore… i am looking forward to some great moments. and for the strength to remember that i can face the tough stuff that comes my way, because it will… to remember that i can do hard things. after three very difficult "new years" in a row i'm not putting any more pressure onto a great new year... the new year is off the hook. and i'm not keen on blaming the old year for its shit either.
2020 was full of grief and disappointment and pain and uncertainty for so many of us. but, for me, it was also full of immense love, beauty, joy... making new memories, new traditions. allowing in so much love and support. i had set my intention for the RISING 20’s, a play on the roaring 20’s. my year started by getting knocked down, hard, with my dad’s passing, so soon after my mom’s passion, and then the hits kept coming. but in the end i did rise i think, ending off the year publishing the book RISE and feeling like i was finally coming out of the darkness i had been stuck in for so long.
so here i am now… gently, softly, tip-toeing into this new year.
for quite a long time now i’ve been lost… untethered, adrift, tossed at sea. my word for 2021 is found. my wish is to find myself again... who i am now and what i'm here to do and how i can light up that little spark inside again.
2021 is a 5 year which is about exploration, expansion, and freedom. it’s also a personal 1 year for me which is about self and new beginnings. these two things together feel perfect for where i am and where i want to be. plus it’s the year of the ox which reminds me that i actually have to (gently) work at it… i.e. there is no magic wand that will suddenly appear to light me up again, i’ll make my own magic as i go.
so this is what we’ll be exploring here, if you’d like to play along:
identity, self-discovery, embracing who you are, becoming who you are now…
purpose, calling, fulfilment, meaning, mission… what we are here to do
creativity, expression, soul projects, permission to go do that thing you long to do
and one other thing that i don’t know yet… i am leaving the door open for another theme to appear
what is your wish for yourself this year? do you have a word or a goal or a secret dream that lives inside you? are you tip-toeing into the new year like me or have you started off with a bang?