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"Success is the product of daily habits — not once-in-a-lifetime transformations." - James Clear  
Week 3:  The Power of Habits
2026 Word: Bloom
Winter: Root & Rest
Goal: 12,000 Steps
Book: The Art Of Memoir 
January brought the return of new goals, and the reminder of how powerful habits can be. With this new beginning, I revisited one of the best books on habits and goals...

Morning comes whether you set an alarm or not... 
Week 2: One Day at A Time
2026 Word: Bloom
Winter: Root & Rest
Goal: 12,000 Steps
Book: Atomic Habits
Oh, how frustratingly slowly time dragged when you were a child. The anticipation of everything feels like torture. Now, the day slips through my fingers and before I know it, I am ready for bed. I knew I wanted more from life than the...

Nothing changes if nothing changes 
Week 1: Lessons in Change
2026 Word: Bloom
Winter: Root & Rest
Goal: 12,000 Steps
Book: Atomic Habits
Life is constantly changing, even when we don’t see it, our bodies are changing, our environment, even what we think of the world we are living in is changing. Some moments can create monumental change, while others accumulate in fragments. Even when...

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”
~Mark 10:27 
The Year of Focus: Week 52
Word of the Week: Jesus
Also called Jesus Christ, the source of the Christian religion.
I don't often write about Jesus, I struggled with my definition of religious following after so much loss. But I have grown to understand that these...

Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting ~Joyce Meyer
The Year of Focus: Week 51
 Word of The Week: Wait
to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens 
Remember as a child being told to wait, how time seemed to move so slowly. Or when we must wait in traffic, or a line to get in somewhere, or get out. It becomes...

In the arms of family, we find strength
The Year of Focus: Week 50
Word of The Week: Family
 any group of people closely related by blood or marriage, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins
Family is a place of connection. It is where we can be ourselves and while still being challenged for our beliefs. A place we can always come home to and one of your biggest groups of fans. Family...

Memory is the diary we all carry about with us ~Oscar Wilde
The Year of Focus: Week 49
Word of The Week: With
in some particular relation to (especially implying interaction, company, association, conjunction, or connection)
Every year in December, especially on December 7th we scatter joy with acts of kindness in memory of Ryan’s birthday. Often our acts are anonymous, as we quietly slip...

Obedience is the fruit of faith; patience, the bloom on the fruit ~Rossetti
Year of Focus: Week 48 
Word of The Week: Obedience
the act or practice of obeying; dutiful or submissive compliance:
As children we learn about obedience early on, or more often the punishment or consequence of disobedience, and often rebel at the word. However, those early life lessons teach us the value of obedience,...

 Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful ~John Maeda
Year Of Focus: Week 47
Word Of The Week: Simplicity
freedom from complexity, intricacy, or division into parts:
an organism of great simplicity
They say, everything in moderation, since too much of anything is not good. When our life is cluttered, so is our mind. Every commitment requires time and energy and...

 
 "Words are free. It's how you use them that may cost you." -KushandWizdom 
Year Of Focus: Week 46
Word Of The Week: Words
the text or lyrics of a song, as opposed to the music
Words are a constant part of our lives, whether we are in a conversation with others, writing or reading, words are our way of communication. How much of what we hear can transform our thoughts, or can change our minds?...