My word of the year this
year (2023) is finish.
I wanted to write for NaNoWriMo last year, but I was not
quite ready for it. I did not decide to
do it until October 1. That was not
enough time to get ready to write, specifically because I have not look at the
story since 2019. That is a 3-year
gap. I had no idea where I was in the
story and I had no idea on how to jump back in.
I searched for all the items for the story and then saw
all of my works in progress. I was
shocked and embarrassed. I have incomplete
5 works in progress. I was extremely
disappointed in myself. I was dejected
and disillusioned as a writer.
Now mind you, most writers have multiple works in progress at
all times, so this is not a strange thing.
But, for me, I still felt somewhat let down because I have so many
unfinished stories.
That caused me to stumble in my progress of getting ready
for NaNo.
I said to myself, “I want to finish my novels.” Little did I
know this silent statement would be the catalyst for my word of the year.
I began to think about my word for this year at the
beginning of December. Someone posted
their word of the year on a group I am in and I started to think about my
word. This year was different, I received
my word of the year earlier than normal.
During the first week of December, I had seen about four or
five posts about word of the year in the group. I said, “I should start
thinking about my word for next year.” A voice said, “FINISH!” I wave that voice off. I did not think that it applied to my word of
the year.
A week later, I said, “I wonder what my word should be for
next year.” Again, a voice said, “FINISH.” And again, I brushed it off.
I went on my way and the word “finish” kept coming into my
spirit. I kept brushing it off. The more I thought about it, the more I did
not want this word to be my word. This word would require me to be more accountable
than my words have in other years.
At one point, I even said, “I don’t want that to be my word!”
Well, as I stated above… FINISH is my word.
Gary Ryan Blair profoundly wrote…
Nelson Mandela speaks directly to my situation…
My acronym for FINISH took a little thinking to
come up with…
My memory verse for this year is Ecclesiastes 7:8. I like
the way the Message Bible says it…
Job 17:9 was one of the verses for Resilience last year, and
it is still relevant.
My pastor preached a sermon on the first Sunday of the year
that gave me my success map for the year.
Darren Hardy has the closing reminder for me.
Learn
how to use Your Word of the Year
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