One Little Word 2015: Strength

It’s that time of year.  Where many of us sit, reflect and journal or perhaps you list goals or resolutions out.  I gave up on resolutions awhile back but last year I decided that I needed more of a guiding road map again in my life.  I really hadn’t wrote any goals since my first child was born.  In case you are new to my blog, I have three kids and my oldest is eight, middle is six and my youngest is four.  So for about 7 years I was navigating without a map.  It was no surprise then that I was feeling a bit lost and overwhelmed as a woman, mother, wife.  Last year I signed up for One Little Word with Ali Edwards.  Now I haven’t been much of a scrapbooker so this concept was new to me.  However, I loved the idea of focusing my year on a word and making it a visual story.

Last year my word was ENERGY.  I went back and read my post from last year here.  I wanted to mainly focus on my internal energy which I thought would help to increase energy in other areas.  Even though I didn’t quite complete all the pages in the project I did have my word with me all year and it did guide me.  So did it help?  I believe it did.  I did focus a lot on my creative energy and that included this blog which I have not only kept writing, but I also started writing more of my own stories down. Children’s stories.  I now have one story I am passionate about writing, editing and hopefully, publishing one day.  I have also started teaching myself how to draw and create more things.  I realized my own creative inner flame had not been fanned in a long while and the more I ignited it, the more energy I got.  I also spent time decluttering in 2014 to increase positive energy in the home.  I think I ended up with 10 donation boxes.  Yippee!  The one area that still needs a lot of work is my physical energy, however, my word for 2015 will continue my quest with that area of my life.

And now its here, 2015!  I look forward to it with excitement, and a little bit of apprehension.  There are some areas of my life that I know will need me to be strong, very strong.  Not so pleasant things happen in life and I’m the type that I like to prepare myself.  A big thing is separating what I have control over and those things that I don’t.  Hence, the quote with my picture.  My word for 2015 is STRENGTH.  I chose it because I thought it is a nice transition from energy.  I can focus on my physical strength as mentioned above and my emotional strength as well.

Here are the areas I will be focusing on this year:

Physical Strength
Mental Strength
Emotional Strength
Strength as it relates to Courage to forge ahead with my publishing dreams of my children’s story.
Self-Strength=Self-Confidence
Strength to get things done (I liked intestinal fortitude but it is 2 words) Accomplished
Marriage Strength
Mother Strength
Strength of relationships

I chose the image of a mountain as I have a bond with mountains.  They make me feel strong!  And I live close to them.  The strength to climb my mountains!

While browsing definitions and synonyms I found that as a noun, strength, encompasses many different elements.

If you are participating in OLW, I would love to hear from you.  Leave a comment and link to your post for me to read.  Let’s share in the journey.

Cheers,
Bonnie

Here is what I found browsing for a definition and synonyms:

Strength : noun

1.  the quality or state of being strong; body or muscular power; vigour.

2.  mental power, force, or vigour.

3.  moral power, firmness, or courage.

4.  stamina, mental or physical

5.  in how it relates to having power to act or perform

6.  in how it relates to having natural or acquired power to do things

My sources for this comes from here Thesaurus.com

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American Psychological Association (APA):

Chicago Manual Style (CMS):

Modern Language Association (MLA):

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE):

BibTeX Bibliography Style (BibTeX)

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