Last year, Anthony discovered one of Jon Gordon's books entitled "One Word that Will Change Your Life" in which he speaks about choosing ONE word to live by for an ENTIRE year, a theme so to speak. Whoa! I immediately thought, no way is that possible, and I was very skeptical (like always which is why you need to read many positive books to check yourself!) HOWEVER, being the loving, amazing wife that I am….I went along with Anthony’s desire to choose words for ourselves to live by for the year. (http://getoneword.com/)
Keep in mind at this point in time we…
- had a newborn baby (yay!)
- were paying wayyyyy too much to live in a studio apartment
- decided to quit our jobs in Brooklyn at the end of June and uproot our lives with the possibility of not getting jobs
Therefore, with all these NEW things happening, I was not in the best place mentally, physically, emotionally and whatever other –allys you can think of…Nevertheless, we printed out our One Word Action Plans (http://getoneword.com/about-the-book/) and got to work thinking of our words to live by for this past year (2015).
It turned out to be an amazing opportunity to reflect on overall strengths and areas in need of improvement as an individual. Knowing that we had a million unknowns coming our way in the New Year, I decided to choose the word “fearless” because well…I was terrified and fearful of everything…change and I do not always get along therefore I wanted to make it a point to focus on being FEARLESS!
Anthony selected the word “courage.” I am assuming for some of the same reasons that I picked “fearless” but you will have to ask him! That’s the best part of this One Word task—it is tailored to YOU and what YOU want to achieve in the New Year.