I have always loved the concept of the word of the week. It seems like such an amazing idea. Except that I always forget it. I always get bogged down. I sometimes think that the word isn't appropriate later in the year. It just doesn't seem to work for me! Maybe my word should be committed since I obviously have issues with long term commitment!
Except that a few years ago the word WAS committed! I was so ready and committed! I even went as far as printing up pictures for the wall. I was going to do it! And I failed with the commitment on the year of being committed!
This year I fell into the trap of thinking that it was a great idea again! I wanted to do it! I wanted to jump on the bandwagon. But I knew that it wasn't for me! So I didn't! Instead I decided to have a word of the week! I wasn't sure how well it would work but I was determined to try it!
When I had been briefly contemplating the word of the year I had thought about the word "control" because it just seemed apropos for me because I so need to get control! Therefore, when I made my plan to have a word of the week it was easy to decide my word for the first week! Control! I put it at the top of my day planner.
On week two I started my new week's page in my day planner and I knew that control was still the word that I needed to focus on! So I colored it in on that week also.
I was perfectly fine with keeping control as my word for another week. Seriously, if my word remained as control for the whole year, I would have no issue! But when the third week of the year began and I flipped to the new pages on my day planner control was not at all what I was thinking. The only word that was in my head was fortitude! Well that was easy.....fortitude was the word of the week! I got to coloring! (I apologize for the blurry pic)
Today I started week 4 of the year and as I do every Monday, I turned the page to a new week in my planner ready to start the new week. I sat there for a few seconds. Fortitude no longer felt even remotely like it was the correct word for the week. Control? Well that didn't feel wrong but it just didn't feel like it fit. The only thing that kept coming up in my mind was the phrase. "Just Do It" But it's a word of the week, not a phrase right? Could I put in Nike as my word because of their slogan. (Is that even still their slogan?) But no, using Nike as my word of the week was nonsense! But my mind kept saying "do it...do it....do it!" So my word of the week is a phrase!
This word of the week thing is working for me. It is allowing me to focus on what I need at that exact moment! Yes, I think control may end up being the 'theme' of the year. But my word for each week will be whatever fits for my life, emotions and physical being that exact week!
Thank you to everyone that thought about me, prayed for me and asked about my colonoscopy that I wrote about the other day. Jason and I made it safely to my appointment. The back roads were horrid, but the interstate was much better (and got better the further north we went as they had less snow....and the drive home was much better as the storm had moved onward).
The test went well. The doctor said I was as cleaned out as they came...perfect prep. I also received a good report. An excellent report actually! What a relief! I do have a pocket of diverticulosis. The doctor was not concerned about it at all and said it will most likely never cause me any issues and if it did we would worry about it then. He did recommend a high fiber diet to keep my colon in good shape and to help keep me from getting diverticulitis. Which goes in line with how I SHOULD and TRY to eat anyway!
