on the eve of a new year.. this year I am going to partake in a word for the year.. I’ve contemplated this before & I’m ready to a theme word.. I’ve thought on this & I have decided that my word is going to be FLOW.. I pondered over many words, trying to find the right word that fits my thoughts.. so my thoughts are this.. I live my life so restricted by my own self imposed rules.. on the outside, I shun rules, restrictions, authority & structure.. yet, I live so regimented on the inside.. I discipline myself harshly.. I can’t fall asleep without checking the time, like I need to record when I fall asleep, when I wake, how long I slept.. and I also feel the need to record all data with lists, check lists, to do lists.. it’s so tiresome.. I record what books I read, every oracle card readings, journals for everything.. photographic records of useless data.. if I exercise, I record the steps, the minutes, sets and repetitions.. yada yada yada & so on.. this carries over into every area of my life.. so this year, I am going to give up structure.. the self imposed shit.. so the words I contemplated.. free, freedom, calm, easy, fluid, lawless, be, lax.. and I kept coming back to flow.. meaning, to go with the flow, to be flowing & easy going.. when I see this word, I know it means to relax & be more fluid and to just FLOW.. flowing doesn’t stop at check points, walls & borders.. flowing doesn’t take time to refer to lists & clocks.. so that is my 2025 word of the year.. I will remember it & make art around it.. I will remind myself to just be chill.. and right now I am fighting the urge to start my journals, add the habit tracker to my phone, set a high number of books to read on good reads.. I have ridiculous ideas of personal accomplishments that I set myself up for.. I’m 58 years young.. I want to live freely on the inside.. documenting my life is part of me, yet I need to find a way to make it more fun & creative.. I know I will go thru some anxiety while I begin to live without borders.. I’m kinda fighting it now as I want to set my goals..