one little word in 2016 | the year of wholehearted

I’ve been choosing my One little word for several years now. For 2016 I’m going with wholehearted.

Wholehearted: showing or characterized by complete sincerity and commitment.

Completely and sincerely devoted, determined, or enthusiastic.

Every year my chosen word guides me through the challenges of everyday life. It helps me to focus on my goals and pushes me through difficult times. This time my word didn’t come easily as in the previous years and I still wasn’t sure a few days ago what it’s going to be. But one thing I knew for sure was that I want to commit to my life with my whole heart, stop doing things half way and stop stressing about things which are not important.  Reading Brene Brown‘s books have had a huge impact on me while trying to figure out how I want to live my life. This quote from her book The gifts of Imperfection really speaks to me:

Wholehearted living is about engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion and connection to wake up in the morning and think, ‘No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough. It’s going to bed at night thinking, Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.’

So that’s the plan – to live and love with my whole heart.

2015 was a crazy year full of challenges, highs and lows, lots of personal excuses which lead to failures and not finishing what I’ve started and then feeling guilty about it.

2016 is going to be a year of fully committing, being conscious of my goals and working on them, and enjoying the whole process.

This year is going to be lived more wholeheartedly mostly because:

I will make sure that there will be more family trips, night games and fun together.

I want to commit to advanced meal planning – to finally go through my cookbooks and creating more variety in our menu, introducing one new meal at least once a month.

I will make time for yoga and build more core strength and flexibility.

I want to learn how to cycle more efficiently and get faster on the bike.

I plan on taking more photos, especially the family ones – I plan on returning to our Four people & one dog | Twelve times project.

So that’s the plan. I know it will take a lot of self consciousness to fully commit with my whole heart but I think I’m ready.

Bring it on, twenty-sixteen!

Happy 2016!

You can read about my previous words here: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009.