I did not blog once in 2022, other than to declare my word for the year. This is the first time this has happened since launching this blog. I am not sure whether not blogging all year is a good thing or a bad thing, either way I want to return to this blog anew in 2023 and to start using it differently, so I thought I would do a bit of a 2022 round up to tie up loose ends.
Joy
‘Joy’ was my designated word for the year. Every year I choose a word rather than a resolution to focus on. Though I did not blog I did keep this word in my mind very intentionally in 2022. After the aching sadness and loss of the year before I had wanted to be intentional in my joy, I wanted to be generous with myself and my friends, I wanted to curate moments of joy. Did I achieve this? Sometimes. Here are some of the moments of joy or practices of joy that emerged in 2022:
Overwhelm
This year was a very busy one at work, this combined with beginning a PhD, volunteering with Women Beyond Walls, Girls Interrupting and Guiding meant a very frantic 2022. I struggled often with burn out and feelings of overwhelm. I won’t say much more about this except to say it does play into my already chosen word for 2023!