My 2019 Word of the Year

Choosing a phrase of the 12 months includes quite a lot of reflection in addition to objective setting and dreaming concerning the upcoming 12 months. It’s an intentional time for me that actually helps me see the place I’ve been and know the place I’m going.

I actually like interested by a single phrase or phrase that may summarize my upcoming 12 months!

In earlier years, I’ve been proper on the cash when choosing a phrase for my weblog and enterprise. I normally write my phrase out on a post-it notice and stick it in plain web site. Typically I’ll stick it to the underside of my pc display or I’ll switch it to my planner if I’m touring.

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Why I decide a phrase of the 12 months

Choosing a phrase of the 12 months actually helps me keep centered.

This present day, there are such a lot of distractions. With social media, publication subscriptions popping in my inbox every day and all of the issues, it’s straightforward to really feel pushed in new instructions and lose focus.

I don’t simply decide a phrase of the 12 months and cease there.

That is the beginning of a complete technique of planning my 12 months out. I get out my pocket book and my planner, and hand write out my objectives, emotions and what I hope to realize.

My notebook gets filled with sketches, drawings and listing after listing of what I need to obtain in numerous areas. I dive in and evaluate each facet of my enterprise.

This consists of an array of issues like what I need to write about, advertising plans, my funds for tasks, and many others.

I’m a visible individual, so having a pocket book that I can all the time refer again to is big for me. I’ve all the time saved all my work notebooks and love going via them and crossing off all my objectives on my lists.

Not surprisingly, I all the time have quite a lot of objectives!

Associated studying:

Earlier phrases of the 12 months

2015

As a model new blogger, there was just one phrase on my thoughts and it was dedication. I used to be decided to be taught as a lot as I might about running a blog and get to work! I used to be a sponge and soaked up all the things.

I managed to make $13,000 my first 12 months as a component time blogger whereas I used to be at my day job and knew I used to be on the proper path.

2016

My phrase of the 12 months was journey extra. This was completely exterior the field however nonetheless very intentional.

After working a 9-5 job for many of my post-college life, with the ability to journey extra whereas being a full time blogger and enterprise proprietor was an actual objective! I had the liberty and adaptability that I didn’t have at my day job. It was an ideal feeling with the ability to pack up and go at any time!

2017

Daring was my phrase of the 12 months for 2017.

With a strong weblog and rising confidence, I used to be able to say sure to extra alternatives and be extra daring with my actions.

This result in talking engagements about how you can use Pinterest for blogs and companies, a TV look to discuss facet hustles, attending conferences and internet hosting in-person meetups.

2018

Lastly, in 2018 my phrase of the 12 months was broaden.

Indisputably, this was proper on the cash. I knew I might be launching my secret facet hustle enterprise.

I spent quite a lot of time rising Turn into a Pinterest VA TODAY! with my enterprise associate, in addition to making new choices for this weblog that will affect my 12 months.

Work-life stability

Since launching my secret facet hustle enterprise, I’ve actually observed a shift with how I spend my time after I’m working.

I spent a part of 2018 engaged on attaining my model of a work-life stability and I’m feeling actually good with the place I’m at with issues.

If I needed to give myself a grade for 2018, I might say I got here in at a strong A- when attaining a wholesome work-life stability.

With regards to work stability, I’ve needed to get much more intentional with my time so I can juggle my three companies:

As I time block duties for every enterprise, I’ve observed that there’s an total pattern occurring. When one enterprise excels, the opposite two companies get much less consideration.

If I’m in launch mode for Turn into a Pinterest VA TODAY!, then that will get extra consideration because it’s extra vital than doing one thing like publishing a weblog put up.

That is pure and makes whole sense, and easily a precedence challenge.

Now with that being stated, I labored actually exhausting to arrange programs for every enterprise, which I’ll speak extra about in my subsequent weblog about my 2018 annual earnings report and evaluate.

All of this result in a fairly large realization for the way I need to spend my enterprise and private time in 2019 and to my phrase of the 12 months.

My 2019 phrase of the 12 months is nurture

Listed here are a couple of definitions of nurture:

How I plan to implement my phrase of the 12 months for my companies

Subconsciously, I noticed in the previous couple of months that I had began inserting extra concentrate on nurturing every enterprise after I felt one was getting uncared for over the others.

This 12 months, I’ve already found out how you can work smarter with all three companies.

It’s actually vital to verify no enterprise will get left behind, ha!

I deliberate out my schedule for every enterprise, similar to launch dates for programs and merchandise. I already know when one enterprise will want extra consideration, and have a plan to verify my different two companies proceed to thrive.

Each must be nurtured all year long so it could proceed to develop.

As a result of each single enterprise has a totally totally different enterprise mannequin and is at totally different phases, every enterprise I personal requires a selected stage of care and a focus.

How I plan to implement my phrase of the 12 months for my private life

Concurrently, as I started to nurture every of my companies a couple of months in the past, I additionally began to turn into extra conscious that I wanted to do that for myself.

Whereas I’ve the work-life stability down fairly nicely, I wanted to be extra intentional with how I deal with myself throughout the work week and through break day.

I’ve all the time struggled with self care and in 2018, I actually began to focus extra on small methods I might stay a greater life.

I noticed I wasn’t dwelling a wholesome way of life. I wasn’t exercising and I used to be mainly sitting all day lengthy on the pc.

So it was time for a change.

I bought a FitBit and began counting steps.

I even requested for various FitBit bands for Christmas so I might change up my look.

I additionally shopped for good offers and bought a couple of new exercise garments that had been all on sale!

I heard good issues about Calia, Carrie Underwood’s line of exercise garments, so I grabbed a pair pairs of exercise pants and a prime all at a reduced value, yippee!

(I used Rakuten first, so I might earn money again on my buy.)

It was actually miserable to understand how sedentary my work days had been and the way little motion I used to be getting in.

So I began sluggish, with my every day objective to hit 5,000 steps. After a couple of month of hitting 5,000 every day steps, I upped my objective to eight,000 steps for the second month.

As we begin the brand new 12 months, my new objective is 10,000 every day steps. I even joined a StepBet problem that can assist me keep on objective for the following six weeks!

I additionally not too long ago made the choice to rent a private coach.

Due to the associated fee, proper now she comes over as soon as every week and we get a strong hour in collectively engaged on resistance coaching and weights.

We get collectively throughout my work week and since she involves me with all of the tools, so I don’t have to go away my home and commute to a gymnasium.

I can actually stroll out of my workplace, shift into work-out mode in my lounge or within the driveway, and be again to work in an hour.

I’m hoping to extend this to twice every week sooner or later, but it surely all is dependent upon my funds.

Along with train, I’m additionally focusing extra on self look after my physique.

My physician has been begging me to get common massages due to the quantity of stress in my again and neck. I’ve lengthy resisted this as a result of it appeared like a splurge and one thing I didn’t have time for in my life.

However my physician has been persistent with this. Apparently girls retailer quite a lot of stress and anxiousness throughout their higher again, shoulders and neck and I must care for this!

My physician and coach each instructed me to have a look at a therapeutic massage as a medical prescription and never a self indulgent splurge. So in case you wrestle with this as nicely, it is a smart way to have a look at from a distinct perspective.

Because of a few superior reward playing cards I obtained throughout the holidays, I’ve a pair massages lined up this month. I’m hoping to have the ability to get a month-to-month therapeutic massage as a part of my self-care routine in 2019.

Wrapping it up

I feel nurture is such an fascinating phrase for my enterprise and myself.

I don’t all the time choose a phrase of the 12 months that crosses over into my private life, however this phrase looks as if precisely what I want on the time.

I feel it would enhance my work-life stability much more and assist me be extra intentional with my time. I’m actually excited to see how this phrase impacts all the things in my life over the following twelve months.

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What’s your phrase of the 12 months?