For the past few years I've chosen a word of the year. This has been a grounding tool that helps provide focus and clarity throughout the year.
In 2024 my word of the year was Thrive. I chose this word because I wanted a reminder of growth and balance. I'm not the best at balancing my small business with my life and it took me until the end of 2024 (I know right!) to realize that while growth in business is important, I shouldn't schedule my life around my work, I should schedule my work around my life. Here's my word of the year for 2023.
As we wrap up 2024 and ease into the new year, I've started reflecting on the year and on my goals for 2025. Looking back at 2024, I found that I didn't have a great work-life balance. I worked A LOT and didn't leave as much time and space for myself or my family. I want to find a better balance for my work, my relationships, and myself. I want to see my business grow at a sustainable pace and have time for the other things I love.
Because of all of this, I decided that in 2025 I want to focus on flourishing. Finding a balance in my life. Finding time to nourish my family, my business, my friendships, and myself. And learning to grow at a manageable pace.
If you read my word of the year for 2024, you might be thinking that this sounds pretty similar to what I said last year. And you would be right. Figuring out how to scale my small business and not work all the time while taking on all the projects I'm excited about and enjoying time with my friends and family is a hard balance- one I'm still trying to figure out. The good thing is, is that I've started to take baby steps in figuring that out and am looking forward to working on taking even bigger steps towards this goal in 2025.
Find Your Focus Word of 2025
Try this exercise:
List the things you want to focus on for 2025.
Determine any common themes on your list.
List some words that tie into this theme.
Then decide which of the words on your list feels like it will be the MOST motivational to you for 2025.
Embroider Your Word of the Year
Once you've picked a word or phrase for the year, you should embroider it with me at Monster on January 9! This will be a relaxing and creative reminder of where to start or continue your focus in 2025.
In this hands-on, beginner-friendly embroidery workshop, you'll learn how to get started with embroidery, plan out your word of the year, transfer your word or phrase to embroider, and beginner embroidery stitches great for embroidered lettering.
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