2023: I Will Finish What I Have Started

 My word of the year this year (2023) is finish.

I wanted to write for NaNoWriMo last year, but I was not quite ready for it.  I did not decide to do it until October 1.  That was not enough time to get ready to write, specifically because I have not look at the story since 2019.  That is a 3-year gap.  I had no idea where I was in the story and I had no idea on how to jump back in.

I searched for all the items for the story and then saw all of my works in progress.  I was shocked and embarrassed.  I have incomplete 5 works in progress.  I was extremely disappointed in myself.  I was dejected and disillusioned as a writer.

Now mind you, most writers have multiple works in progress at all times, so this is not a strange thing.  But, for me, I still felt somewhat let down because I have so many unfinished stories.

That caused me to stumble in my progress of getting ready for NaNo.

I said to myself, “I want to finish my novels.” Little did I know this silent statement would be the catalyst for my word of the year.

I began to think about my word for this year at the beginning of December.  Someone posted their word of the year on a group I am in and I started to think about my word.  This year was different, I received my word of the year earlier than normal.

During the first week of December, I had seen about four or five posts about word of the year in the group. I said, “I should start thinking about my word for next year.” A voice said, “FINISH!”  I wave that voice off.  I did not think that it applied to my word of the year.

A week later, I said, “I wonder what my word should be for next year.”  Again, a voice said, “FINISH.”  And again, I brushed it off.

I went on my way and the word “finish” kept coming into my spirit.  I kept brushing it off.  The more I thought about it, the more I did not want this word to be my word. This word would require me to be more accountable than my words have in other years.

At one point, I even said, “I don’t want that to be my word!”

Well, as I stated above… FINISH is my word.

Gary Ryan Blair profoundly wrote…

 

Nelson Mandela speaks directly to my situation…

 

My acronym for FINISH took a little thinking to come up with…

 

My memory verse for this year is Ecclesiastes 7:8. I like the way the Message Bible says it…

 

Job 17:9 was one of the verses for Resilience last year, and it is still relevant.

 

My pastor preached a sermon on the first Sunday of the year that gave me my success map for the year.

 

Darren Hardy has the closing reminder for me.

 

 

 

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