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At the beginning of every year, I choose a word to represent what I want for my life over the twelve months that will follow. Have you ever done that? I picked it up a few years ago and found that it helps me focus. I slap my word of the year at the top of my vision board, which I keep in my closet, and then see it every day as I’m getting dressed.
Last year, my word was “skyrocket.”
Seemed like a great choice after everything we went through in most of 2020 and all the way into 2021. Nowhere to go but up, right?
But for a lot of 2022, I didn’t feel like I was skyrocketing at all.
In fact, there came a point last year where I wasn’t sure what I was doing with Your Ideal Mom Life or with the Love Your Mom Life podcast. I started believing the lie that I wasn’t making an impact, that no one was listening, that I didn’t know how to serve you.
And then, right around THIS time last year, when I had almost totally checked out and felt like 2022 was on its way to being over, I got the spark of an idea to write a book. For you. To serve you. And it came together in a snap.
On November 28th, when most might say the year really was basically over, my first book, “But Definitely Wear Mascara: Hacks to Help You Love Your Mom Life (and Yourself) a Little More,” was listed for sale on Amazon. It might have taken THREE HUNDRED thirty one days, but I sure felt like I was skyrocketing then!
Did you have a word this year, mama? If so, I hope you’ve been living it!
Or . . . maybe you haven’t. Maybe, like I did at this time last year, you feel like maybe you shouldn’t even bother; like the year is basically on its way to being over anyway.
But here’s the thing: even if you feel like you haven’t lived out your goal so far, it’s not too late. We still have one hundred fifty-two whole days left in this year. 152 days!
So take one itty bitty step today. And another teensy weensy one tomorrow.
You can still create something amazing. You can still live in alignment with what your heart desired 212 days ago, on January 1st. I know you can.
It’s not too late to start being awesome. You got this, girlfriend. And I am cheering you on.
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