My One Word for 2015
Resolutions don't work. Rather than focusing on a list of specific ways we want to live differently each year, I wrote last year about a better alternative: focusing and living into a one word theme for the new year.!["San Giorgio Maggiore at Dawn" [1819] by J.M.W. Turner [Wikimedia Commons]](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d70f59aefca59000162e4e6/5d7fcef39f682762992c8aca/5d7fcefe9f682762992c8c1f/1568657150927/Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner_-_San_Giorgio_Maggiore_at_Dawn_-_WGA23170.jpg?format=original)
The Most Important Thing I Did in 2014
The single most important thing I did in 2014 was make a habit of getting up early for prayer and exercise. As I've written?previously, that habit was a keystone habit that affected every area of my life last year.Overall, I did better in the first seven months of the year than I did in the final five months, when I found myself busier than I'd ever been in my life. Rather than redoubling my efforts towards my early habit when I needed it most, I let it slide, and therefore so did my prayer life, physical fitness, and sermon quality. (No kidding--I think my early habit helps me be a much more effective preacher.)So, I'm keeping the same word for 2015 as I had for 2014.
My One Word for 2015
My one word for 2015 is?early.I want to:
- wake up early
- pray early
- workout early
- finish tasks early
- get to appointments early
- finish my sermon early (this would be life-changing!)
- get to bed early
What about you? Why? Leave comments below.
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