Cultivate – word of the year 2015

New year, New Goal.  As I mentioned yesterday, last year was all about Change – it was a crazy, chaotic year.  And that leads right in to this year.  To settle down.  To plant roots.  To nourish a foundation under myself and my family.  This is a new outlook for me – to settle in and nourish where I’m at, not to be go-go-go and looking for the next next next thing.  My word of the year for 2015: Cultivate

One definition for Cultivate is to prepare and work on land in order to raise crops – but I’m sure we all know that applies to more than raising crops!  To promote or improve the growth of by labor and attention.  I want to cultivate myself.  My family.  Prepare ourselves through love, labor, and attention, so that we can thrive and grow.  We moved and are in a new place, new town, new schools.  I want to plant roots – to integrate into this new place and phase of life.  To step back a little and plant seeds of awesomeness.  This past summer I had a couple of weeks that were eye-opening for me, and I really want to stop the glorification of busyness – to slow down just a little.  To cultivate what is here and not be running for the next thing out there.   Strengthen the foundation of everything.

I almost picked “settle” as my word.  But I thought it may come off as giving up, just “settling”.  And I was aiming for “settling in”, setting roots where we’re at.  After hashing it out, I realized Cultivate was what I was looking for – what I want to aim for, in all things.

 

To apply oneself to improving or developing.  To cultivate is also to acquire or develop a quality, sentiment, or skill.  To apply oneself to improving or developing.  There are several things that can fall under the general idea of cultivating ourselves.  Cultivate Happiness. Cultivate Kindness.  Cultivate Gratitude.  I would love to cultivate those traits as well, as we build this solid foundation of life.

 

 

 

Thanks for letting me share a little glimpse of what I hope to do in 2015! To Cultivate: myself, my family, even my blog work. Nourish and strengthen and prepare for growth.