My 2025 Word
My word for 2024 was ease, and it served me so very well.
This past year was a time of adjusting to a new way of being in the world…returning to a full time office job…getting used to being around people a lot more…and finding out that I could trust this new place I was settling into.
I wanted a word that would remind me as I went along that journey to not worry about any big goals or accomplishments, but to simply allow myself to be in each moment and focus on ease. To return to a place of simply being thankful whenever I started to panic or feel overwhelmed. 2024 was a year of redemption for me. Life felt stable again. Oh what an amazing feeling. The ability to calm my mind again and find trust in my journey was such a gift.
My goal for 2025 is to remind myself of my worth as a human, my abilities, my magic. I want to get back to the mindset I had before the past four years threw me into survival mode.
I came up with a long list of words before I settled on my final choice (which wasn't from this list at all, but I'll share more about that in a minute.) Some of the top contenders were...
Worthy
Brilliant
Create
Embrace
Sparkle
As I brainstormed and searched, none of those words were feeling like THE word.
And then as I was waking up last week (this is very woo-woo) a word was literally spoken to me as I started to open my eyes. I haven't had a moment like that in awhile, and it was startling in all the best of ways.
I don't know who gave it to me, but it is exactly the word I was looking for...
reclaim
[ ri-kleym ]
verb (used with object)
My process for choosing a word of the year has changed since 2020. I used to have lofty goals in mind, many that relied on outside forces and circumstances that I learned aren't so reliable after all. My choices now are made based on internal work - goals that I do have control over.
This year I want to reclaim much of myself that has had to take a back seat to survival mode. It is pretty much impossible to focus on self-improvement when you are worried about paying the mortgage every month.
Reclaiming will involve focusing on remembering my worth, regaining my confidence, and simply being OK with being completely me. Discarding some of the coping mechanisms I had to adopt over the past few years. Working on feeling happy and content in my own body again. This is all internal work that I know will manifest in lovely things.
2025 is a 9 year in numerology, which represents the ending of a cycle and a time of clearing away for new growth. I want to use that energy to clear away what isn't working and reclaim what is mine to own and celebrate. It's time and I'm feeling so thankful that I've been brought to this place.
I've been choosing a word of the year since 2011 - here is my full list:
2025 - reclaim
2024 - ease
2023 - emerge
2022 - I didn't choose a word
2021 - remember
2020 - manifesting
2019 - and
2018 - balance
2017 - magic
2016 - renew
2015 - leap
2014 - become
2013 - grow
2012 - commit
2011 - action
Do you choose a word for your year? I'd love to hear what yours is, or if you choose an intention or goal. I'm sending you lots of encouragement and positive energy for your new year.
All the best,
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