My Word of The Year for 2022

My word of the year for 2022 and how I’m implementing it 

Towards the end of 2021 and the beginning of the new year, I kept seeing people online sharing their “Word of the year”. Although I had never heard of this concept before, my brain immediately started scrambling to think of a word. This is My word of The Year For 2022.  

I continued to look into the purpose of having a “word of the year”. Come to find out that having a word of the year can be a good replacement of a New Year’s Resolution. I have always been iffy towards New Year’s Resolutions. I think having a New Year’s Resolution can put a lot of pressure on yourself. After researching information and reading ideas, I decided to try it myself.  

Because I am who I am, there was definitely not one word I thought would fit perfectly for this year, so instead of choosing one word, I decided to find 3 words that I can bring into 2022 that I hope can help capture my values and intentions for the year.  

Gentle

My goal is to be gentle with myself. I have heard this word over and over again since starting my therapy journey last year, as I have always put immense pressure on myself to be perfect and to never allow myself to fail. With the changes that occurred with Covid in 2020, and again in 2021, I put more pressure on myself than ever before. Learning to be gentle with myself and my life, and all the things that can, and will probably go wrong, is something I am striving towards every day.

Brave

My goal is to be brave with all the things that life continues to throw my way. The changes that have occurred within the last few years have brought more anxiety and fear than I could have ever anticipated. The goal is to face every new day with a positive attitude and be brave and open to changes, and to not be scared of the unknown. 

Allow

My goal is to allow change, failure, and anxiety. I have always thought preventing any failure, change or unknown was the answer. But the truth is, worrying about preventing the unknown has does nothing but cause more anxiety. There will always be things I can’t control. I want to learn how to allow the constant changes that life will throw my way. And to not be scared of the unknown. Instead, I want to embrace it and allow the universe to do what is intended to do. 

I’m hopeful in sharing my word of the year. Writing it down and putting it out into the universe will help me implement these positive changes. Maybe it will help me to practice the three words listed above. All in the hopes to grow in the year 2022;

Being gentle, being brave, and allowing.

Read About choosing your word of the year, HERE.