
I've read a lot of blog posts about picking one word to focus on all year and really took them to heart. Actually, I first heard about this idea last year but it took me this long to come up with my own year long one {ahem...forgive me...two} word mantra.
Ready? Could you care less? Probably. Ha.
No Fear.
Fear is my greatest enemy in life.
Truly. It holds me back from so many things.
I am fearful of failure. Fearful of hurting feelings. Fearful of being too boastful. Fearful of being too bold. Fearful of not living up to expectations- both my own and of others- or often what I imagine are those of others. Fearful of disappointment. Fearful that I will get to a point when I don't know what to do.
But in reality...
I fail all the bloody time. I hurt feelings all the time too {I am seriously in an epidemic of people un-friending me on Facebook.}. Sometimes I am too boastful and sometimes I am too bold. I pretty much never live up to my own expectations. And truth be told, I have no idea what others expect of me most of the time. I disappoint myself and others regularly. And not a week goes by that I don't stop dead in my tracks scrambling to figure out what to do next as life is just full of surprises.

So if all that happens anyway, my world-o-fear isn't really getting me anywhere.
I think this is going to be a huge personal and internal challenge for me. But I am going to try to repeat over and over and over again my new, year-long mantra of living fiercely with NO FEAR. I am going to try very hard to push through that enormous wall that cages me in on a regular basis. I am going to try to be brave and just do it and remember that you only live once and all that other stuff. I am going to learn this year to not live in fear and I hope that the outcome proves to be positive. Even if a few more people un-friend me on Facebook before the year ends...
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This year I will live fiercely with NO FEAR! |
Do you have a word or mantra for the year? Have you ever used one before? Any tips? If not, it's never too late to think one up!
3 comments:
I have issues with fear too. I am positive you can conquer this issue during 2014.
Love that "being fierce" quote...I will try to be fierce as well. Just afraid my fierce will come off as bitchy :)
Aw thats a good one. Makes me think of those shirts back in middle school or elementary with no fear written on them. I need to figure out a good word.
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