Today on the podcast, I talk about my practice of choosing a word to set my intentions at the beginning of every single year. And every year I stamp this word on a bracelet and wear it as a daily reminder of my intention. For 2023 my “word” was actually 3 words… "do hard things"
I had a lot of goals and a lot of visions for the year ahead and I knew it would take a lot of discipline and a lot of hard work if I wanted to hit those goals and manifest those visions.
And I was ready.
I was ready to work hard.
I was ready to grind it out.
I was ready for the late nights and the early mornings.
For the blood and the sweat and the tears.
(Actually, if I'm honest, I was more ready for the blood and the sweat than I was for the tears….)
But the hard things I ended up being called to do in 2023 didn't look anything like I expected.
It looked more like…
Allowing myself to slow down when I wanted to speed up.
Like doing yoga instead of HIIT training.
Feeling things I didn't want to feel.
Surrendering to things that were yet unknown.
And it was all a helluva lot harder than I expected it would be.
And there were times I wanted to throw that “do hard things” bracelet right into the trash. Because the hard I was facing wasn't the hard I actually wanted.
But every time I looked at those words on my wrist, I was reminded that our journey rarely looks the way we expect. We have to trust the process. Trust the intention. And lean in, even when it gets uncomfortable.
Even when it gets hard.
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