Happy New Year – 2022

Happy New Year!!!

Regardless of how hard I tried not to blink, somehow this year has come and gone. I feel like 2021 was a blur of travel, work, and new adventures that challenged me and strengthened me at the same time.

I found out first hand how real Mom guilt could be and I have grappled with what it means to run a company and be a SAHM while working more/longer hours that I ever have in my life. I am fiercely independent and very stubborn but God has been working on my heart and breaking down walls that I didn’t realize I had built. I am slowly starting to realize that being transparent with others and asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness but of strength. I am far from perfect and I have a long way to go on this journey but I am giving myself grace and love through the process.

Over the last week, I have been thinking back and reflecting on 2021 in order to set goals for 2022. I have chosen 2 theme words to live by and I wanted to share them with all of you.

My theme words for 2022:

Intentionality

Growth

Intentionality – “the fact of being deliberate or purposive.”

In the hustle and bustle of daily life, I think it is easy to overlook the little things. I hope to take 2022 to refocus on those things and to be more intentional with my life. I hope to be the kind of person that truly knows how those around her are doing. I am not the best at keeping up with other people (sometimes it feels like I’m not the best at keeping up with myself) but I want to do better at checking in on the people that mean so much to me.

Covid has caused a huge mentality shift in the world from one of unity and connection to that of isolation and fear. This disease has stripped us of so much but I refuse to allow it to strip me of my humanity and love for those around me. I pray that I will be intentional with that love and make sure that those around me feel it on a more consistent basis.

Growth – “the process of developing or maturing physically, mentally, or spiritually.”

Growth is a vast term that can be applied to so many areas of life. I long to grow spiritually closer to God in 2022 and to fervently seek His will for my life rather than my own. I also long to grow as a wife, mother, child, friend, business owner, and blogger. This seems like a tall order to tack onto an already very busy life but I don’t expect to achieve these goals overnight.

I remember reading a book at some point that encouraged the readers to become 1% better everyday and that is my goal. Now, 1% doesn’t seem like a lot but at the end of the year if you are 365% better than where you started that will really be something. Tiny changes and habits are what shape who we become and I aspire to make those tiny changes count.

I hope that this blog post inspires you to chose your own theme words for the new year and I would love it if you shared them with me in the comments down below. I have also taken time to write out more specific goals for 2022 and I encourage you to do the same. I think it is incredibly important to have big dreams/goals that you are working toward.

“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs 29:18

Dream big my friends!

Xoxo,

Brooke