I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions—made up mind-nonsense designed to calcify the ego-identity—but at the same time, it’s good to have a direction to move in. Because as the old Lewis Carroll saying goes,
“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”
So when this article dropped in to my RSS feed yesterday, my knee-jerk reaction was to be a bit non-plussed, but then I started playing with the idea of having three simple words to keep me on-track throughout the year.
Three words you keep visible somewhere—a post-it note on your computer or something—that act as a sort of guiding light, when you’re at a decision-point. As Chris says in his post:
“The very, very, very key word is ‘Decision.’ You’re looking for words that answer questions for you. ‘Oh, what should I do? I just got a job offer from a crazy new opportunity, but I feel so safe here at work.’ If your word is ‘Adventure,’ then maybe this is your year.”
I’m going to share the three I’ve chosen with you, and I’d like you to do the exercise for yourself and pop your three in the comments below.