Let’s Talk About Setting Intentions for the New Year

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Bye, Bye 2020! (Cue the cheers, screams and backflips, heck, the parade!)  I don’t know about you, but for me, a  new year has never been so anticipated.  However, I must confess that getting in the right mindset to take on a new year has been challenging.  I’m usually well into vision boarding and setting intentions, journaling and selecting my “Word of the Year” by this point but the excitement has been fleeting at best.  But I know setting intentions is so important for living our best life.    Adrienne Enns,says it so well:  “Intention is personal activism in alignment with our deepest, most peaceful truth and our highest purpose for our greatest good. It is the conscious creation of a soulful life.”
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So how do we set intentions for the new year in this time of unknowing?  Here are a few ideas that may be helpful to get you started.

1.  Reflect on 2020. Make a list of accomplishments, events ( I know it was the year of quarantine, but think outside the box), things that brought you joy.
2. Ask yourself these questions: “ How do I want to feel in 2021?” And “What do I desire?” Frame it in these areas; Personal, Intellectual, Physical and Spiritual/Emotional. Are there words that continually come up, or a feeling that these invoke? Journal or create a vision board with words and pictures that speak to you.
3. Forgo a New Year’s Resolution for a Word of the Year. I’ve been doing this for about 5 years now.  My words have included play, joy, explore, move and present.  Choose a word that embodies what you want to think/do/feel.  Something that you can implement in little ways throughout your life, think of it as your theme for the year, your guiding light.

2020 was hard.  It’s left me tired and a little jaded but I do know that  we create our life, one moment at a time, either by design or default. So, I don’t know about you, but I’m going to get busy setting some intentions and choosing my word for 2021. I’ll keep you posted. 

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