I’ve Got to Move it, Move it

Move is my word for 2024. It’s fitting it took me almost three weeks into the new year to figure out what my word would be; I was stuck. I’ve been stuck for a while; in my head, heart, and in my body.

While I’m able to clearly see ideas and pathways for clients, when it comes to myself and my business, I get in my head just like everyone else. Old narratives play on a loop, imposter syndrome seeps in like water and stays like mold, I question what the heck I’m doing, and prepare to Tonya Harding myself (take myself out the knees).

Then I get bored of my -ish, impatient, and restless for change. I wrote those old narratives - can’t I write new ones! I’m not an imposter - there’s nothing fake about me; I don’t even dye my hair anymore! Questions are okay, it’s the judgement that isn’t, and the only place I’m going to take myself out is to a movie or for a drink!

Time to move, not a marathon, not a mountain, just an iota. Treading water may not win a triathlon, but I’ll bet it’s saved a life. And it’s doesn’t take much to move a pinwheel, even the slightest breeze will do.

But not all the movement I’m referring to is the same, sometimes it’s about being emotionally or spiritually moved, shifting your energy, breathing deeply, moving your surroundings, or even expelling a more satisfying poop (I dealt with Diverticulitis over the holidays, and I have a new appreciation for a healthy gut that moves)!

In a way, movement is a mirror. It reflects back what it gets. So what am I willing to give? I have goals, like upping my podcast game, writing a book, helping more clients, exploring more ways to create art, walking more, learning how to feel more, and loving myself. It’s a lot, but…

It’s my move to make.

How will you move more this year? Do you have a word?