Word of the Year for 2022

A brand new year ... it's one of my favourite things!

This year has gone by so fast, hasn't it?

If you follow along on my Instagram or Facebook pages,

you'll know that last years word NEW was a great

word and brought with it lots of adventures!

We completed our goal of walking one

new beach, climbing one new

mountain and discovering

one new waterfall

each month.

Thanks to

this word, 2021

was one of my favourite

years ... and I definitely have

finished the year feeling very different

to how I felt at the start.  I had hoped this word

would help me feel a little less stuck in circumstances

out of my control.  And it has!  While there are still things 

in my life that are out of my control, they no longer 

occupy the greatest space in my mind. 

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Moving into 2022, I have chosen the word build.

I played around with a few different words,

train and habit among them.  But then 

last week I was listening to an 

audio book or a podcast, I 

can't remember now,

 but I heard them 

use the word 

* BUILD *

and

I knew that 

was it. 

**

I want to build

on what I have learned

over the last handful of years. 

I want to continue to build my mind, body and soul. 

I want to build new habits.

**

Building my body will look like me getting more serious 

about training.  Swimming, walking, climbing, hiking, 

rowing, stretching, pilates, yoga, dance, foam 

rolling, rebounding, grounding etc.  

These are all things I do now but have let slide a bit.

Building my body will also look like making sure I 

am fueling it properly.  I think I do a pretty good job of 

that already, but I want to build on what I know. I will 

focus on nutrient density and making sure my body 

has the fuel it need to do the physical training.

Building my mind/soul will look like being intentional

with reading, studying, researching, practicing my 

spanish, playing piano, learning new things, listening 

to podcasts, continuing to get out in nature and 

explore, finding connection with other people, etc

**

I work really well when I have something practical 

to focus on so I have decided that I will set 

myself a goal of developing one new habit 

per month. Each month, I will continue 

the previously established habits and 

add a new one.  

By the end of 

the year, I will hopefully 

have established 12 new habits.

These are not complicated or difficult, but they

are things I have been wanting to be

consistent at doing.  Let's see

how this works!

**

I haven't decided what order I will do them in yet 

(except for the first one) but here is the list

of 12 habits that I'd like to establish 

by the end of 2022.

  1. Walking for 30 minutes everyday.  I have already 

started doing this while we've been on holidays, the 

trick will be how I go once work starts back! The 

rest of these are in no particular order, I 

will just decided each month which

one I will do next ... 

2. Grounding in front yard for 10 minutes to 

help set circadian rhythm for the day

and regulate melatonin production for sleep 

quality and quantity.

3. Dry Brushing 4. Oil Pulling 

5. Gua Sha 6. Hanging 

7. Dancing 8. Reading

10. Spanish - Duolingo App

11. Rebounding

12. Foam Rolling/Stretching

**

There you go ... those are my thoughts

for BUILD in 2022.

What are you thinking you will focus

on for 2022?  Leave me a comment here or 

pop over to Insta or Facebook and 

we can chat there!

** 

I leave you with the 

36 photos from NEW 2021

xx

Beaches: Shelly, Coolum, Golden, Yamba, First Bay, Pt Arkwright, Agnes/1770,  Bokarina, Bribie Island, Sunshine to Noosa, Hervey Bay, Moololaba Mountains: Coolum, Wild Horse, Ngungun, Tinbeerwah, Emu, Ninderry, Brooyar, Coochin, Tibrogargan, Cooroora, Beerburrum, Tibberoowuccum Waterfalls: Gardners, Buderim Forest (Serenity), Kondalilla, Wappa, Cilento, Kureelpa, Gheerulla, Baxter, Booloumba, Baroon, Purling Brook, Natural Bridge