I have been off work since December 22. I have to say this was the fastest staycation/holiday ever! I had a lovely time over the holidays. I talk about it on my last podcast in my previous post. I have had a lot of down time and it has been exactly what I needed! I love ending the year feeling refreshed. I am ready to take on the new year with a renewed feeling of possibility.

I often pick a word for the year. I didn’t pick one last year because I was so sick with Long Covid and trying to get better. I couldn’t breathe well, I had zero ability to imagine anything or picture things in my mind. My memory was horrible and I had zero energy. It was a year of investing in the things I researched on my own to get better. And I did those things.

Silk and Sopnder journal sent me a quiz a couple of weeks ago for a word of the year. So I took the quiz and I liked the results. Empowerment. I didn’t need to agonize over picking a word!

This year I don’t have a tons of goals. I think that having long Covid has stopped me from making a huge list of the short, med and long term goals as I have done in the past. I do plan to finish up my quilts, start a few more, work on new crafts that I find interesting, clean the house etc. Of course the every year get healthy goal is on my mind.

But this year, is the year of empowerment. Here is Oxford’s definition:

the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one’s life and claiming one’s rights

I am going to spend the year doing exactly this! I have no idea what I am doing to do however, I am going to pursue those things that I find interesting. Things that bring me joy and happiness. I am going all in on some thing I never pursued with all of my being….. a happier, healthier me.

A clean slate. A new beginning. A year of possibility.

I am leaving my tree up until I am ready to take it down. I plan to get in the gym today since PT is complete. I am doing the Karen Brown’s Sewing Room Declutter. I am actively working on the projects under my needle- Petite Four Qal, cross stitching the last few days of the temp stitch. I plan to continue my daily journaling with my Silk and Sonder subscription. Meditate daily with headspace. Eat with Hello Fresh and spend as much time with my loved ones as I can.

A new year, and a new outlook. Long Covid is still part of my life. It isn’t the center of it anymore but it made me realize what is most important and to pursue it relentlessly.

Vicki