Word of the Month

This is the first time I'm writing in 2017. This has been a messy week I have to be honest. I blame it on the fact that we had Monday off. I really wish that instead of Monday, we could've been off on Friday. Now I don't have a full-time job or part-time job for that matter. If anything I was pretty much on the holidays between Christmas and New Year's for the most part. However, I'm saying this because Hamed, my husband, was off on Monday and that just threw the scale because when he's home, even if he is working, I always feel pressured to take care of him and to spend time with him. Now, I don't mean this in a negative way at all because I feel pressured not because he makes me feel that way but because I want to! Anyway, Monday being off totally messed everything up because the week immediately became short--only 4 days and even though I was very productive on Tuesday, waking up at 4:30, writing, going to Toastmasters, doing client-work etc...I did NOT sleep well on Monday night which led me to totally crash Tuesday night and sleep until 8 am and again same thing on Thursday, I mean, today.


I think I need to just slowly bring myself back to action rather than go cold-turkey. And what I mean by that is really just working myself up to waking up at 4:30. So maybe training myself to wake up at 7-7:30 am and then 6-6:30 and then 5-5:30 and then 4:30-5am, which is my goal. This is what I've been doing to getting myself to write for longer and longer. I wrote for 30 minutes on Monday, 45 minutes on Tuesday, and 1 hour for Wednesday and Thursday (today). I will continue writing for one hour tomorrow and Saturday and then I will bring that number up to writing 2 hours next week. Eventually, I want to set into the habit of writing or working on my book for 3 hours a day. I think I owe that much to my number one priority--writing!

I mentioned in a previous post that my image/word of the year is ANCHOR and falling into that idea that I want to create more stability and anchoring in my life. I feel that this is something that I've worked towards all of 2016 and I am finally in that place that I could stick to and STAY. Today, I listened to a recorded webinar by the BeingBoss group and learned that in addition to picking a word or intention for the year, it is also helpful to pick a word for the month and I want to do that as well. I think it will definitely help to bring more focus into my life and business. So going in line with anchor and stability, and my experiences with this past week, the very first week of 2017, I am going to choose the word SCHEDULE or rather, "On Schedule" as my word/phrase for January. I think this is something that I'm struggling with in my life and need to do this asap. If I want to reach stability, I really need to also have a routine and clear schedule and routine that I stick to on a daily basis. Now this might be another way of describing discipline, but I'm going to stick with SCHEDULE.

Actually, in the past year, it's like it was a "practice" for 2017. After enrolling to the Insane Productivity program, I became more and more disciplined and was much better able to set routines, habits, and schedules for myself that I actually stuck to. However, I need to set certain schedules and/or routines in stone now. This month is the month to really make a routine for myself especially because I am a #BOSS and working for myself. I need to stick to my MORNING and NIGHT routines. I need to stick to an overall plan for the week for my business and for my writing. This January, my WORD is schedule and so is my intention. Everything I do and plan will be under this one focused umbrella: SCHEDULE. Before I even knew this was going to be my word/intention for the month, look at what I purchased on Monday:

It's like I knew this was going to be my word before my brain picked up on it. Schedule is my word of the month. What's yours?