New Year...New Word

So...scrapbooker Ali Edwards encourages her readers to adopt a word for the year... Kind of a reminder of what you want your focus to be in the coming year. Last year was the first year I did it and my word was SIMPLIFY. In reflection; I'm glad I picked that word. I wouldn't say my life was simplified as much as I thought it would be but it did help to glance up at my word and remind myself to take a breath. I purchased the word SIMPLIFY in both wooden and wrought iron form and they are sitting above my desk as I speak...er...type.

So, this year I've decided that my word of the year will be...RELEASE. I mean it this way...release the things that I'm allowing to stress me out that I have no control over...release the things I beat myself up over...release the things I try to take back again and again...release myself from my fears and anxieties...release the things that just don't matter...wait; I think that last one is just a fancy way of saying SIMPLIFY...I digress :-)

Anyway...I made a photo collage of other people's online photos. Each photo shows some sort of release...from the Mandela's release from prison to the release of Stephenie Meyer's new book (which I haven't read and from which I'm releasing myself the pressure to read) to the release of a hawk back into the wild.



Release