Life in Focus

My Word 2010

I love my new word for 2010.

I thought long and hard about what my new word should be and this little word was the winner amongst many contenders.  It is a word that made me light up inside each time I whispered it to myself.  More than just a feeling, this word embraces the lifestyle that I want to enjoy every single day.  I know that I am happiest when I have this giddy little feeling inside that motivates, empowers, and helps me to dream with wondrous possibility...in all aspects of my life. I know that with this word I can greet challenges and opportunities with strength, motivation, and conviction. With this word, I feel like I can climb the highest of mountains. I want to live inspired.

What does this mean exactly?  Well, for me it means that I will create awareness in my life while I seek out inspiration in my routine. In doing so, I will wake up my senses with creativity and will be much more energized as I go through my day.  Out of the ordinary I will learn to see the extraordinary....and I will smile a lot.

So, how will I achieve this?  It's my intention to make my word a priority this year and I'm hoping that it will soon become a habit for a lifetime.  This week, I'm carving out some quiet reflection to think about my word and compiling a list of the action steps to living an inspired life.  I'm not rushing through the process, but giving myself the opportunity to fully embrace the concept and make it real for me.  I'll be back to share my action steps with you soon. 

Until then, I hope you enjoy an inspired and happy day!

celebrating my word

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I've been working with my word for this year and it's amazing how it is helping me in so many areas of my life. I've always been a very visual person and I like to be surrounded by things that inspire me, make me think, and help me accomplish all that I dream of accomplishing.  So, when I chose my word for 2009, I knew that I wanted to find ways to keep it right in front of me and celebrate it often.
So far, this is how I'm celebrating my word:

A really cool custom word of the year necklace by Lisa Leonard Designs with my word stamped on it.  I ordered it on the last day of 2008 as a little new year gift to myself.  It should be coming any day now and I can't wait!               

I played with my word on WORDLE and it was so fun!  Have you tried this yet?  There are tons of designs to choose from and it's so easy to do.  When you're finished, you can just print it off and hang it where you can see it often.  I love it!


Have you heard about project 365?  The idea is that you take a photo a day for the entire year and I'm totally on board with it!  Since "focusing" on my life with my camera is a part of my FOCUS this year, I can't think of a better project to help me accomplish that goal.  I ordered the CK kit of the month to make it a bit easier to do and I can't wait until it gets here.  I've already created a folder on my computer and it's been so much fun to see all the bits and pieces of life that I've captured so far this year.  What an amazing time capsule of life I will have in my hands by 2010 AND I will be working on my photography skills in the process.  Cool!


I'm also playing with some other ideas for my studio office and other areas of my home to help me celebrate my word and keep it right in front of me.  Possibly a banner or something with big wood letters....we'll see what I come up with! 

Here's to celebrating something every day and
FOCUSING on what's most important!