my one word prompt {december twenty-two}

December.

December!

I’d say I feel…ready. Ready for my last month with My Word. (Though elements of Engage will stay with me, for sure.)

That’s some of what I’ll do this month, in fact. Sit with this ‘capsule’ of my word. A cheat sheet of what I did this year…and what will I bring with me?

As we turn the last calendar page of ’22, I’m looking at my quietest prompt of the year. (Except when I disengaged on silent retreat in February. That was quiet!)

For me, there’s enough doing in December as it is–so, no expectations or extras this month.

Just…a pen + paper.

I’m only an occasional journaler; I write to find out what I know, to quote Forster. To understand how I really feel about something. Something in particular. I’m turning to it now because there’s still a depth I haven’t reached with My Word. (And I know it.) (I’ve been avoiding it.) And I don’t want the the year to end without going there.

So. It’s that simple! I have no plan to journal ‘every morning with coffee.’ Or ‘every night before bed.’ The voice in my head is loud + clear; when I hear it, I’ll heed it.

I will set aside some journaling time with my mind map in view. I might make a date with my journal…at the coffee shop or by the lake. A change of place often offers a change of persepctive.

It’s feeling like an honest, reflective, and still-curious close to My One Word ’22, while trying to contain my excitement for My One Word ’23!

(…which is feeling like a second grader, hand flailing, begging to be called on.)

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So. Here we are.

That time of year when we look back over 11 months and ask What’s left? What’s still to do with My One Word ’22?

It’s also the time of year when we open to possibility. To whispers–or shouts!–of next year’s word. I went through last December with 4 words vying–and I changed it up entirely just before New Year’s! So, no pressure. Just…stay open.

Is this whole word thing new to you? I hosted a conversation last year and it was all kinds of wonderful. Dig in here if you want to get started. (Or even if you’re seasoned!) This conversation is worth a read:

Let’s Talk {A One Word Conversation in Three Parts}

{Part II}

{Part III}