Welcome back family!
Once again, happy New Year. I feel 2024 has great energy in store for us all. I've been manifesting and prophecizing an Ephesians 3:20 year for everyone reading this blog post! It is written. Amen!
Today, I wanted to share the word I chose for this year. This is a practice that I've been doing for the past few years, inspired by a podcast I used to listen to called Having it A.L.L., where he talks about doing this exercise and how it helps him focus his intentions for the year. For the past few years, I've been more intentional and strategic about my direction in the new year. Not as specific as resolutions, but just the overarching theme that I want to embody in the year. Here's a recap of my word of the year for previous years, as well as my declaration for this new year.
2021 - Balance
Back in 2021, there was so much transition going on in my life. I was anticipating being a new graduate. I realized my time in Tallahassee was coming to an end, so there was a constant worry about the future. I was also anticipating a new career. Back in 2020 or so, I decided I wanted to get into education. It was that same year I decided to move to Houston. Without a backup plan or anyone there to support me in that move! But God! Everything of course ended up working out. That year, I chose Balance as my word of the year because I knew I was going to need to maintain an equilibrium to achieve what was needed to make it to the next step. With a new career in a new city, balance would be crucial to developing strong systems to lead me to success. I had to find balance not only as a single mom (without financial aid or any government assistance), but as a new professional. While there were times I fell short by my own standards and expectations, still I was able to maintain my homeostasis in a time when life was so volatile.
2022 - Becoming
That leads me to 2022 when my word of the year was Becoming. Inspired by Michelle Obama's memoir of the same title, I knew that this would be my year of self. My year of becoming the woman of my dreams. The woman I knew I was capable of being, it would just require me to step more into the fullness of who I was. Within this year, I worked on defining what type of woman I was. Began developing my "perfect life" through scripting and manifesting. It was also a year when I began studying Human Design. Through this system, I learned more about my passions, my motivations, my decision-making process, and the way my energy works and flows. I was learning that those quirks or things about me that I had heard all my life were flaws, were really my superpower. All in all, 2022 year was a me year, a year for me to grow into myself. Human Design really helped me identify who I was to become. I let this translate into my work and my home life as a mom. I became a phenomenal educator, but I felt I was not reaching my full potential in my journey of womanhood.
2023 - Foundation
Transparently, I understood there was more work to be done in my home life. I had invested so much into myself, which was great for my professional life, but my personal life was suffering. I was engulfed in work and excelling, but feeling burnt out and unfulfilled. My girls were also suffering, from my lack of energy, my lack of attention, my lack of happiness in general. So, I chose Foundation as my word for the year last year. For those into astrology, I wanted to nurture and honor my 4H: my family, my roots, my homelife. This focus played out in several ways. From me investing and decorating my home, to me traveling to South Carolina and Florida to visit family, or even just having baking a weekly dessert as a treat to my ladies. It's said without a strong foundation, a house will crumble. And I realized that before I could build up my life, I had to make sure my home was straight. More than straight, really grounded and developed and strong. My home-life needed more attention, the same way I did that for myself back in 2022. I had to recalibrate where my balance was. The more I fed into my personal world, my 4H, the more I realized my focus was off. More of my energy was needed in my personal realm, especially for my ladies. Because that's what they deserve and need from me as their mother, and I needed to pull myself back into my home.
2024 - Expansion
All of this reflection brings me into my word for 2024. After contemplation and rest, reflection and gratitude, I have selected the word Expansion for this years word. Astrologically, I know Jupiter is in Taurus since May 2023 until May 2024. This transit brings the planet of blessing and literal expansion into the sign of material goods and luxury. This is a period of great increase and wealth. I feel that I am at the cusp of something momumental. It feels as if it is just around the corner; I just need to walk into it. So my goals for the year are anything but small. I am accepting more, the lifestyle of greater because I feel it is my birthright. It is everything I deserve and desire coming into fruition. As I prepare for this transition, I practice extreme gratitude for what I have knowing that God is preparing me and aligning towards more. Growth and expansion in all areas of my life. Living each day with the expectation that God is showing me how it good it can get and that I am expanding my territory in 2024. AmenI invite you to declare your word for 2024 and set your intentions with the year.
Bye for now,
Cousin Lex
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