Have you heard of the concept of having a "word of the year”.⁣

The first I heard of it was at the start of 2019 when I stumbled across a blog post by @jessicarosewilliams and I thought it sounded like a simple yet strong idea. I tentatively picked a word for myself - courage - and found that, although I stayed true to it through the first half of 2019, by the summer, I had pretty much forgotten about it!⁣

This year, my aim is to embrace self-care and slow living, taking time out to stop and think because everything always seems so fast-paced in my world! ⁣

A “word of the year” should be something that helps you to navigate the entire year and, as Jessica helpfully asks “where do you want to be at the end of the year?”. For me, I want to spend the year being less stressed and take a more mindful approach to, not just my business, but everything. This isn’t going to change no matter how busy I get so therefore, my 2020 word is going to be “breathe”.⁣

Held in that word is pretty much everything that I want to achieve over the coming 12 months - remembering to take a breath when things get too much, to get away from my desk for a breather, giving projects time to breathe so that I can come back with a fresh mind and taking a moment to just pause, breathe, and take it all in.⁣

EDIT: shortly after making my choice I found myself humming a song called “breathe”. If you’ve followed me for awhile then you’ll know how much I love music. It took me while to work out exactly who had sung this song (there are a surprising number of songs with this title) and then it hit me out of the blue. Midge Ure! There’s definitely no getting away from it now!⁣