Set Your Intentions: Choosing a Word to Guide Your Year - A Solo Episode with Marianne
Whether you're looking to simplify your goals, gain clarity, or just live more intentionally, you're in the right place. This week, we're diving into finding a guiding word or theme for the year.
Why Choose a Guiding Word or Theme?
- Simplifies Goal Setting: Instead of rigid resolutions, a guiding word or theme provides an "overarching intention," acting as a compass rather than a specific goal.
- Clarity and Direction: A guiding word offers focus and eliminates distractions.
- Gentle Motivation: The focus is on intentions and guidance, not strict requirements.
- Decision-Making Filter: A word or theme helps evaluate opportunities.
- Embracing Intention: The word should reflect the desired energy and vibe for the year, focusing on intention and conscious choices rather than checklists.
How to Discover Your Word or Theme:
- Reflect on the Past Year: Review highs, lows, challenges, joy, growth, lessons, and unmet goals.
- Visualize the Year Ahead: Consider desired feelings (e.g., empowered, peaceful) and goals in areas like career, relationships, wellness, and personal development.
- Look for Patterns and Clues: Journal, write down words, phrases, or ideas during reflection.
- Recurring Messages: Note any words that consistently appear in conversations, media, or thoughts.
- Narrow It Down: Assess if the word resonates deeply and excites.
- Alignment Test: Determine if it's relevant to multiple life areas, expansive, and motivating.
Activating Your Word or Theme:
- Daily Reminders: Create visual cues like phone wallpapers, sticky notes, or journal entries.
- Intentional Living: Use your word as a filter for new opportunities and commitments.
- Integrate it into daily practices like affirmations, meditation, or journaling.
- Share your word with an accountability partner or community.
- Reflect and Reconnect: Schedule regular check-ins to assess alignment with the word.
- Adjust goals or intentions as needed, based on life's evolution.
- Journal about the word's impact and celebrate successes.
Hear about Marianne's Word/Theme of the Year
- Hear how and why Marianne made the choice she did.
- Hear how this example illustrates how a guiding word or theme can provide a framework for personal growth and conscious decision-making all year.
Leave Us a Review: If you enjoyed today’s episode, please leave a review and share your favorite takeaway. Your feedback helps us reach more listeners and bring you even more valuable content.
Keep the conversation going - Join us for more insightful conversations in the Message in the Middle Private Facebook Community & subscribe to Message in the Middle podcast on your favorite listening platform.
Connect with Marianne:
Website: Message In The Middle with Marianne
Message In the Middle Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/422430469323847/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MessageInTheMiddle/playlists
Email: Contact | Message In The Middle with Marianne
Subscribe to Message In the Middle: