What is Your 2020 Theme Word?
Happy New Year to you!!! Can you believe we are in a new decade? I’m curious about how you rang in the new year.
My family and I spent the New Year holiday at one of our favorite local luxury Santa Monica hotels. This was the perfect way for me to enter this New Year (and decade) because my theme word for 2020 is LUXURY.
It’s taken me awhile to admit my love for luxury to the outside world. With a family lineage of Quakers, a cultural background of “don’t be too showy,” and many years as a yogi, Buddhist, backpack traveler, and 10 years of summers (as an adult) living in a tent — you might imagine the inner conflict I’ve had with this.
Over the years, however, I discovered that whenever I was in a beautiful environment that was well considered and well taken care of — I felt lit up from the inside out.
My first and foremost love for beauty is nature - Mother Earth. Then combine that with a cup of tea, 800-thread Egyptian cotton sheets, and room service, I’m all in.
I’ll share more in the coming weeks about why my theme word for 2020 is “luxury,” but for now…
I’m curious about what is your theme word for 2020?
If you’re not familiar with this idea, here’s the scoop:
Choose a word that encapsulates what you want more of, what you want to focus on, or what you want to improve upon in the coming year. (It can help to think specifically about what you want MORE of in 2020.)
Take a moment to consider this, and write it down.
Instead of having a ton of new year’s resolutions that might be hard to keep track of, or hard to keep, your theme word acts as a focal point for you to stay aligned and true to your intentions for the new year.
Allow this word to be an anchor for your year, and consider it when making decisions about your career and personal life.
It can help to make a drawing or collage that visually represents the word, or simply write the word and put it in a place where you will see it on a daily basis.
Once you’ve chosen the word, stick with it. Your commitment to it will bring you the results you desire.*
*Exception: If you feel there is a new focus that wants to emerge partway through the year, then honor that. Your inner voice knows best.
What is your theme word for 2020? If you’d like to be witnessed and receive some support and accountability around this, please share in the comments section below. I’d love to hear from you.
Tabby Biddle, M.S. Ed. is a women’s leadership coach, strategist, writer and consultant. Her life’s work is devoted to elevating women’s voices. To learn more about using your voice, making an impact, and being a leader of change in this world, visit tabbybiddle.com.