Oh My Word...

Yay I actually did some creating yesterday... a great way to see out the year, 12 pages scrapped! I had thought that the idea of getting the last 25 pages done to meet my scrapping target for the year was absurd... but it appears that had I started a couple of days earlier it would have been quite an easy mark... such is life. I will post pictures tomorrow.

I've been reading Ali's Blog today... she has set her word for the year. Last year mine was 'Accomplish'... I wanted to quit procrastinating and get things done. When I examine the year I did actually accomplish quite a lot... sometimes it is hard to see past what I didn't get done... but when I manage to focus I see just how much I did do... yay, achievement is good!!

I had intended that my word for this year would be 'Particpate' as there are a lot of times when my family is doing stuff that I am not involved in. But I also wanted to place a lot of importance on 'Gratitude' this year as I really wanted to appreciate the opportunity I have been given to stay at home and care for this new small boy in our life, and not have to do all that fun (not) school work type stuff. Don't get me wrong I loved my job... I just didn't love all the preparation, assessment and peripheral stuff that goes with teaching.

So in conclusion... 'Participate' was not enough.

This year my word is 'Focus'.

Defined;
the concentration of attention or energy on something
maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea
concentrate: direct one's attention on something
A condition in which something can be clearly apprehended or perceived
To direct toward a particular point or purpose


Focus on what I am doing right now.
Focus on my goals.
Focus on my experience of life.
Focus on my family.
Focus on my blessings.

It all seems to fit when you consider the whole new blog and my 365 project of Will. Focus will be my focus in 2008. And it will be good to keep reminding myself that focus is what's important and it will be very satisfying to build my skill of focusing on a task, or idea. Usually my brain tends to work on 5 things a second never giving anything full focus, not doing anything any particular justice, and often not thinking through an idea to completion, in fact half the time I forget what it was I was actually thinking about as I go off on a tangent.
So focus it is... looking forward to it!