One Word For 2014 Is Freedom, Cymplified!

I have always felt like a dark cloud is following me everywhere I go. Everywhere I look I am reminded of it. This dark cloud is made up of a cluttered desk resulting in me writing and blogging on the dining table, of the children’s toys unsorted and overflowing, of digital pictures scattered – in the PC, in the USB, in the laptop, of untold stories I haven’t yet shared on my blog, and other things on my growing to-do list with unchecked tasks. It’s so overwhelming and I feel enslaved by this cloud of unaccomplishment and disorganization. I need to do something about this before it stresses out something within me. I may look calm and composed but at the back of my mind, there are a ton of things I have to do. I cannot seem to start. I lack motivation and the consistency to follow through. I am hoping against hope that my one word for 2014 would push me to begin, somewhere… anywhere!

My one word for 2014 is freedom.

Freedom from clutter: my cluttered home and my cluttered mind.

I have learned that one way to achieve my goals is to align them with my mission in life. And every step I write down and act upon shall be towards these goals. What is my mission in life? It is to bloom better each day where God has planted me and yet continuing to grow after my dreams. My goal to be free from clutter is my way of blooming where I am planted, and that is in my roles as wife and mother. As a homemaker, I wonder if I am making our home better. As a wife, I wonder if I am serving my husband by giving his things space. As a mom, I wonder if I am setting an example to my children in cleaning up after myself.

In having a dark cloud stress something within me, I feel like I lose control over my surroundings. And then I lose my temper. Usually at my poor kids. I wanted to kick myself for each time I raise my voice, for being a grumpy mommy. Argh! Misplaced anger, guilt, regret are the very feelings I want freedom from starting this year until… well, forever!

Freedom from negativity: negative attitude, negative mindset, negative outlook

I really feel burdened by slavery to negative feelings + chaotic surroundings, not a good combination! I have got to cymplify my life!

With my own willpower and strength, I cannot achieve total freedom. I need Jesus Christ. It is He who has power and my success in achieving my goals is anchored on Him.

Galatians 5:1 (NIV)
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

I admit that I am nervous about this “project” of cymplifying my home, my blog, and my life. I really want to achieve this and sometimes just thinking about it overwhelms me. But I am trying to go easy on myself and take baby steps. If I want to get something done, taking small steps is better than standing still, right?

I have already started to cymplify my blog by asking a designer to do a makeover. I am so excited to see it installed! Also for my blog, I resolve to illustrate my blog posts with my drawings. That way, I get to express myself and practise my art.

I plan to cymplify my home starting with a desk that I was supposed to use for drawing and blogging. But it has been a “junk” table where stuff that we don’t clean up yet, have accumulated. It is true that “clutter is the result of delayed decision-making.”

On my planner, I have written down my monthly goals and I do wish I follow through with all of them. Setting deadlines gives me positive pressure, I hope. Do encourage me, please?

How about you? Do you have a word for the new year that you would like to share? 🙂