That’s A Wrap On 2022
2022.
I am so grateful for this past year. A mix of highs and lows. Discovering more of who I am, where I thrive, where I struggle, what my values are, and how I live that out.
At the beginning of the year, I chose the word clarity as my word to focus on for the year with the following questions guiding that focus. What is the truth I am believing? What is my mindset? What is my thought life?
The quality of my life is only as good as my mindset. I truly believe that our thoughts guide our life. I will live in alignment with my thoughts as they guide my choices and decisions and ultimately my outcomes. Embracing this belief came with a few conversations with my counselor asking hard questions like what are lies that I am believing to be true and exploring what I defined as truth and did it fall in line with who God says I am as His child.
Back in 2021, I chose the word alignment as my focus. The driving question really was do my actions and daily habits build the life I dream of? I think that word alignment morphed into the word clarity for 2022 to really figure out and narrow down those actions and habits that will build a “dream worthy” life.
This past year holds a lot of changes and big decisions that I’m celebrating as I look back. It also holds challenges and disappointments that I’m still learning to navigate. I think it’s beautiful that progress and growth can simultaneously hold both the good and the bad, the beautiful and the messy, and I get to keep living and creating despite not having it all figured out yet.
One big lesson I’ve felt repeated this year is being secure in God’s goodness even when that looks different than the plan I had imagined. God loves me. He wants good for me. He sees the future I can’t see. When it feels that something seems to be missing for my future, I’m learning He might just be writing the future different, ultimately better, than I imagined it. Most often, that truth is harder to believe and embrace in the moment of disappointment. It’s the hard things, the things we usually try to avoid that really shape us and make us into who we are. And maybe the ultimate goal of all the hard is simply for me to reflect Jesus more and more to those around me. Maybe God’s provision is more about growing me to reflect His character and to impact others well than it is my definition of success.
I hope as you reflect on your year, you are able to see all the ways that God loves you and cares for you. I hope you celebrate the wins, grieve the losses, and embrace the beautiful plan God has for you and your story. I’ll be logging off socials for a few days to focus on my word for 2023 and creating a vision board that reflects my own personal dreams and goals for the new year. See you in the new year!
-xo
