Actualization: 2018

I suck at New Year's Resolutions - always have.

And ONE word for the year?

Seems so constraining, so limited for this tangential, all-the-strings-in-my-web-are-connected thinker.

So I did the vision board thing.

Yes, the very thing that I've poked fun of over the years.

You see, there's science that backs it, and I am determined AF (and, truthfully, a little lot overwhelmed) about making 2018 very, very different from 2017.

There are a lot of moving pieces to this year:

• First official semester (i.e. IN the program) as a grad student, taking two courses, not one
• Going through the Family Leadership Training Institute, and harnessing my voice
• Second half of Kelsey's junior year, i.e. figuring out life plans and making $#!t happen for her
• Lacrosse season - high school and club for Colton and Chris, respectively
• Seth going back to work
• My appointment to the Colorado Children's Trust Fund Board
• Answering the calling God has given me (see all of the above!)
• Really pursuing my fitness/health, and taking care of myself
• Pouring into my relationships

So, I really needed something to bolster me as I pursue all of these things.

The BIG words for 2018 that I am holding onto for dear life?

• Awakening - civilly, spiritually, life path-wise 
• Hope - we have to do better in our families, communities, country
• Transformation - intellectually, physically, emotionally, spiritually
• BREATHE - I have to take time to rejuvenate, PLAY, and create
• Triumph - I will succeed where I put my mind to it
• Active - I have to make time to be healthy
• Tribe - my friends and family are priceless and I want to continually invest in them while adding new people to the tribe

The small words are ideas for how to accomplish these things.

• Find beauty in common places
• Made in America with love (shout out to the idea of making America KIND again)
• Daring Dissenter
• Pioneers of HOPE
• Refresh: Mind, Body, Soul
• I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart
• Truth be told
• Because I have this crazy idea that my purpose is bigger than me
• Breaking borders with Kindness
• Class (as in the academic type)
• Work harder
• Relax
• Gratitude
• Write
• Rejuvenate
• Quest
• Explore
• Playtime
• Camp
• Getaway
• Free to be you and me
• Friends
• #justsayhello
• Surround yourself with inspirational people

Can't wait to see what's in store!