2019: Action!
A few weeks ago, I heard something that got me very excited.
“Action is the antidote to fear.”
I liked it so much, I put it on my Letter Board so I could hold onto it.
But I didn’t really think about it when I was thinking about what I’d make as my word for 2019. I struggled with my word: for awhile I was calling it “Leap 2.0“, but I knew that wasn’t accurate. I’d faced my fears in 2018 in a very real way, and I no longer feel like fear holds me back (at least not nearly as much).
Instead, I wanted to tackle things that had always sounded like too much work. Things that intrigued me but scared me in their commitment. Things like making macarons.
After talking to people about this idea, a friend suggested the perfect word.
This year’s word: ACTION.
I’m going to choose twelve projects that I shy away from, not because I’m afraid, but because they just seem too big.
I’m not even sure yet what all 12 projects will be. But at this point here’s what I know it will include:
- making tamales
- making macarons
- making Manti (a Turkish ravioli-style dish)
- editing and publishing my Esther book
- editing and publishing my 2018 NaNoWriMo book
- learning Spanish (I bought Rosetta Stone right before Christmas)
First up: the Esther book.
My goal is to get it in Amazon: as a Kindle, a paperback, and possibly an audiobook, in time for Purim (since that’s the holiday connected to her story).
I’m excited to see these things come to pass and am very curious to see if it changes how I see time-intensive projects.