IWSG Blog January 4, 2023

Where did 2022 go? It flew by despite a rough beginning and now it’s 2023 and here we are once more.

January 4 question – Do you have a word of the year? Is there one word that sums up what you need to work on or change in the coming year? For instance, in 2021 my word of the year was Finish. I was determined to finish my first draft by the end of the year. In 2022, my word of the year was Ease. I want to get my process, systems, finances, and routines where life flows with ease and less chaos. What is your word for 2023? 

My words for 2023 have to be hope and faith. This year, I hope to accomplish many things including traveling to Norway to see my son and his family. The pandemic has made that impossible these last few years, and I have faith that all the hard work and effort on behalf of doctors and researchers have finally paid off, and we’ve turned a corner on this.

On that same trip, I hope to take a cruise around the British Isles with stops in England, Ireland, and Scotland. I hope to see Stonehenge and finally publish the novel I started thirty years ago when I wanted to be a writer. Believe me, it needs a lot of editing, since I didn’t understand that head-hopping was a bad thing back then. LOL. I have faith in myself that I can do it and turn out one of my best books yet.

Finally, I hope for peace in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, and all of the other war-torn countries. There isn’t much I can do to make that happen, but I have to have faith that cooler heads will prevail and that the powers that be can focus their attentions on healing this planet rather than destroying it. Lofty goals, probably impossible, but you’ve got to have faith!

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