{My One Little Word...}

This year I need to conquer ::
fear
chaos
clutter
that inner negative voice
my lack of discipline
the (mostly self-imposed) obstacles that stand in the way of me losing weight/becoming healthier

There is more to be added to my list and I will do that as I go.

 I plan to update my goals on here regularly in order to keep myself "accountable". 

Lord knows I need that.

And I struggled with this word: Conquer. I wasn't sure,  so I couldn't commit to it at first.

Here's why: When I  hear this word I think that it means beating something once and for all...

and I feel a little like that is setting myself up for failure before I even get started. Does that make sense?

I do not think all of these things will be conquered or beat,  never to be dealt with again, 

they are all things that need to be worked on continually. Forever really, and I know that.

But no other words seemed to fit and I kept coming back to this one. 

Conquer. Like a fighter.

I love the idea of having my one little word to refer back to, to give me some direction, 

to use as a visual reminder, to make goals and lists from, to help me start this
year off in the right direction. But mostly just as the daily reminder that I so desperately need.

Do you have a word? If so, I'd love to hear it.

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All week I have been thinking about my word...waiting for my word to fall out of the sky and

 land right in my lap. And....I'm still waiting. It hasn't shown up. I have also spent way too much time thinking about it and writing long, lengthy posts about my word and my goals/plans for the new year. Then I read the post and just don't like it at all. What's up with that? I usually edit my pictures then sit down and write my posts without even thinking much about it.

So I guess that will have to wait until another day for that post and maybe my word will

 come to me over the weekend. We'll see. Something else  I can't get out of my head this week is 

this song. You can listen to it while you look at these pictures I took at the cemetery last week, 

it's the same cemetery where I took pictures in the Fall. I love that place and want to walk all over it with my camera but I think I need a partner,  it's beautiful and maybe a tiny bit creepy.

Oh, how I love this song. 

I hope you have "la la lalalalala..." stuck in your head all weekend, it's a good thing.

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 Hope you all have a great weekend. Once the kids are in bed tonight I have a date with some 

Ghiradelli chocolate, a glass of wine and Friday Night Lights. I will be on the couch, under a blanket while it is freezing outside. Oh and just so you're not too jealous of my evening, tomorrow we will be out car shopping. I think I might rather go to the dentist than deal with that circus.

Happy Friday, Y'all.