I have been thinking a lot over the last couple of weeks about what my “word” of 2018 might be. Until this past year, I hadn’t heard of this as a concept. Always resolutions but I never really got into those because they so quickly fizzle out. But a word/phrase/mantra – something that I can say to myself when I am having a weak moment or need some strength to keep doing whatever it is that is getting difficult. THIS I can get behind.
My word for 2018 is FIGHT.
Not FIGHT as in I’m about to throw away everything I’ve ever done and join a ring somewhere (although my grandfather WAS a prize winning boxer and firefighter in Chicago during 20s – VERY cool guy) but FIGHT as in when I begin to feel defeated, or am losing… I don’t stop, I FIGHT every last second until it’s done. Whether we’re talking about a certain aspect of one of my businesses, about the constant battle that is getting the kids to eat vegetables, my health, something as simple as keeping the basement clean or as big as constantly fighting for human rights.
I.will.fight.
Sometimes this is public, sometimes NO ONE knows about it. This does not matter, my battles aren’t waged on facebook via internet memes. Most of the time, they are waged in the battlefield of my mind.
If I’m being honest, isn’t this the way for most battles? Except for in the most obvious of circumstances, fighting is a battle of the wills. You have to CONSTANTLY convince yourself that what you are doing is worth fighting for. Not only that, but when self doubt creeps in – the real heart of the battle is pushing through that instead of just quitting ahead of what you have managed to convince yourself is about to be a colossal failure.
I will not give in, and I will not quit.
THAT is my promise to myself this year. To do my best ALWAYS and to keep trying even after that point. Failure is a part of life, I fail quite often – and it’s ok! As long as I fought my way all the way to that failure? Then I call it something different – I call it learning. A life experience. I will do better and be better next time.
If something is worth your time, if something is important to you – DO IT. FIGHT FOR IT.
If it isn’t? Then don’t give it another thought! Let that guilt go and put your energy into something that is!
So 2018, BRING IT BITCH 😉