Pleased New Yr! It’s time to unveil my 2025 phrase and replicate on the intentions set for the yr forward.
2025 Phrase Of The Yr
It’s been custom to decide on a theme phrase of the yr. I began doing this in 2016, and selecting a phrase has made for a enjoyable option to flip the web page on every new yr. Whereas very like resolutions, the phrases are sometimes forgotten just a few months later, I do contemplate this annual occasion an amazing timestamp. Contemplate it a marker of the vibe on the primary of yearly. If you take a look at the listing beneath, you may see how the vibe has developed!
Previous Phrases
Earlier than we get to this yr, we’ve to have a look again on the earlier years’ phrases.
2016 – PRESENT
2017 – INTENTIONAL
2018 – VULNERABLE
2019 – PURPOSE
2020 – VISION
2021 – FOUNDATION
2022 – FRESH
2023 – CREATIVE
2024 – EXPAND
And this yr’s phrase is….
R E L A X.
It won’t come as a shock that this phrase got here to thoughts throughout a therapeutic massage. However the irony is that as I used to be deeply relaxed having my shoulders dug into, I used to be truly going over my to-do listing. I knew scripting this put up was arising, and I began to think about a phrase.
That is so on-brand for me, an overthinker, who has a tough time turning my mind OFF. I’m consistently multitasking and dealing forward “so I can calm down,” however when the relief time comes, I’m pondering forward to the following factor!
Thus, my aim this yr is to really work on strengthening the calm down muscle.
A Failed Calm down Intention
A few yr in the past, I had the concept of setting apart the half-hour earlier than I needed to meet the college bus for some me-time to reset my mind earlier than the afternoon of overstimulating youngsters. This might be time to have a cup of tea or learn just a few pages of my e-book.
However are you able to guess what number of days I’ve deliberately performed this? Nearly none. Practically day by day I’m doing one thing productive till my Pirates of the Caribbean bus alarm goes off, whether or not that’s work or family associated. Enjoyable will not be one thing I’m good at due to the unconscious guilt for the shortage of productiveness. These are ingrained beliefs that I’m working to undo.
Shifting Time
This yr, I’d wish to prioritize not losing time in order that I’ve extra time for intentional enjoyable. I do quite a lot of busy work that makes me really feel productive however isn’t (like checking my YNAB funds to see if something has occurred for the reason that morning 🙂 ). Doom scrolling Instagram is one other time waster that wants enchancment. However I even have some nice techniques arrange in order that my e-mail and digital life is engaged on auto-pilot (Extra on that right here!).
The place A Extra Relaxed Mindset Has Sunk In
My mother will let you know that having youngsters has relaxed me some. Earlier than youngsters, I used to be extra kind A, extra in management. As a result of I might be! I had the time and the psychological vitality to do issues like plan each meal, weblog 3x a day (!), or comply with a listing/schedule to a T.
However after having youngsters, you lose quite a lot of that management. Caring for another person who’s unpredictable requires excessive flexibility. Parenting wears me out a lot mentally that when it’s time to do issues like plan the annual household seashore journey meals I reply, “something is okay with me!”
My home is messier than ever with two youngsters who love their Lego villages and slime kits, and I’ve discovered to dwell with it fairly than consistently combating the mess. (Not that I don’t have them tidy up, however the requirements have been lowered, lol). However that doesn’t imply I’m relaxed about it both.
2025 Priorities
This yr I’d wish to prioritize:
- Sluggish walks
- Studying fiction
- Going exterior to sit down in nature
- Sauna on the health club / sauna blanket at house
- Meditation in small bites
- Listening to soothing music
- Puzzles
- Spa days when potential!
- Much less time wasted / extra time deliberately enjoyable
I understand this phrase of the yr comes from a spot of privilege. You may’t calm down in the event you’re nervous about placing meals on the desk or a well being scare. I’m extraordinarily grateful for the place we’re in our lives, and I don’t take that flippantly.
But additionally, this entire nation may be very excessive strung proper now, and I really feel everybody may use some intentional lightness. There are many free methods to assist your thoughts unwind. Getting exterior as a lot as potential, even in these chilly winter days, to breathe within the contemporary air, is the easiest way to calm down I can consider that we as a species can do collectively.
What’s your 2025 phrase of the yr?