The New Year is a time when many of us reflect on the year that was and set the wheels in motion to plan for the year to come, establish our goals, update the business plan, and allocate time for holidays and travel.
Goals often dominate mindset at this time of year and this year I would like to offer another concept to enhance your year and life – give the year a theme. Yes that’s right a theme for the year – setting an intention, being mindful with something to focus your thoughts, deeds, actions and goals around.
Now I’m all for giving credit where credit is due so I would like to give a big shout out to my dear friend Damien who first introduced me to the idea of giving each year a theme a decade ago when we first met in a professional context. Damien’s theme for 2016 is “Spirit of Bliss” and honoured I am as he let me know that Blissful Way has contributed in part to the inspiration for his “Spirit of Bliss” theme.
So how would your year and life be different if you gave 2016 a theme? Could it give you more of the focus that you need, signal your RAS (Reticular Activating System) to let your unconscious mind to be on the lookout for relevant resources to enhance living your theme or allow your intuition to guide you in the direction of your dreams and the fulfilment of your goals.? Could having a theme allow you to attract new possibilities and opportunities that you have not yet considered or uncover some hidden talents? Would you be able to make more of a positive difference in the world?
In the name of reciprocity and to honor Damien’s “Spirit of Bliss” (remember that Bliss means the highest happiness or joy), I have compiled a list of ideas to inspire you to create your theme for 2016:
- Power of Positive
- Nurture and nature
- Outrageous and optimistic
- Thoughtful and thankful
- Kindness and compassion
- Holistic Wellbeing
- Mindset and manifest
- Curious and creative
- Green and growing
- Mindful and meaningful
- Fun and fortune
- Strength and stability
- Colors of the rainbow
- Reinvent and revitalise
- Let go and let in
- Grateful and giving
- Beauty and balance
- Connect and contribute
- Slow living
- Spirituality and serenity
- Enjoy the moment
My annual theme is often inspired by my choice of diary – yep, I’m old school and still love a hard copy, hold in your hand and feel the paper (100% recycled of course) diary. I also use colored pens and highlighters when I write in my diary.
I buy an “Enviro” diary as each year there are several different colors and covers to chose from with nature inspired images. My intuition gently pushes me in the direction of buying a diary with a specific image that serves as a metaphor for the year’s theme. This year my theme is “Green and Growing and Branching Out.”
Having a theme for the year does not exclude you from other possibilities rather it is generative.
A theme adds a whole other dimension to your life and is a magnetizing force to enhance your business and life.
So what’s your theme for 2016? Add it to the comments below and you might inspire someone else. Over to you…
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