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A Review of My Word For The Year: Focus
I did good, for the most part
This year I jumped on the Word of the Year bandwagon that OG Yael Wolfe started many years ago on Medium. I think finding a word to focus on (heh) is a fantastic thing to do and it helped me focus (heh) on what was important in 2023. Ironically, “Focus” was my word of the year, and I did focus on many things. Heh!
This year, I decided to focus on eight things: health, relationships, family, work, writing, being prepared, reading more, and my peace.
Was I successful in all of them? Yes, I was but I was more successful in some than others. Let’s review them and see if I got partial or full credit.
Focus on health — Partial Credit
I had a yo-yo of a year with my health. Life got in the way a lot of times and I couldn’t focus on my health for a good part of the year. I wanted to redefine my relationship with alcohol and lose weight.
For ten months I worked hard to redefine my relationship with alcohol only to have to slam me when I least expected it. It got to the point where I couldn’t control not having just one drink. One drink led to another and then another. I went from having one glass of wine a week to a glass once a night, then two, and sometimes three.
