As 2014 started I decided on the word that describe my intention for the next 365 days.

EXPAND.

2012 was move (I traveled extensively then picked up and moved back to Vancouver)
2013 was settled (I truly settled into my life in Vancouver by purchasing a new condo, becoming pregnant, then building a home for us)

2014 is Expand, and I can’t wait to see where it will take me.

In all honesty I’m a little bit uncomfortable with this word. I really felt comfortable with settled and creating a simple life around me. It concentrated on centering myself and planting my roots, but now that I’ve done that…I’ve settled into the soil I’ve been placed in I feel ready to expand myself further.

Expand is so much more than I can describe. It’s already pulling me out of my comfort zone, pushing me back into places I didn’t think I wanted to explore, and essentially opening my heart to my dreams that I felt were under lock and key.

It’s also forcing me to think about how I want to implement Expand. Move and Settled I just let happen, but I want to be more intentional with Expand. It deserves to have a purpose and to have my attention. I feel the depth and simpleness of this word and want it to envelop me as much as possible. I want to live an expanded life this year.

With Expand as my word for 2014 I have a willingness to grow further and outward than I ever have before. To expand into spaces I didn’t even know existed or knew possible. On expanding on who I think I am as a woman and who I want to be. Expanding myself and allow myself to become a mother. Expanding my network and my networth. Expanding my relationships and my friendships further than what will viably bring me happiness…but what will also bring them happiness.

It’s also expanding my inspiration and my passion. I want to take it further than just what I know but continue to look for layers of honest beauty, between dirty fingers, messy floors, hanging laundry, words undone, pages left empty, coffee stained tables, and untucked white linen sheets.

I want to expand my horizons and keep on pushing further and beyond what I imagined possible. I want to keep exploring the possibilities and continue to break the chains that bind me.

This is my intention for 2014, to Expand who I am and see all the beauty and possibility before me and go after it with confidence.

Design your lifestyle assignment
Have you chosen a word for this year? I don’t really have a step-by-step method for choosing my word for the year, I just feel in my gut for it and it pops up. I encourage you to find a word to live out this year, one that gets you excited about and somewhat scared of. It’s amazing to see where life takes you when you decide to live it intentionally.

Please feel free to share your discoveries in the comments below! I would love to know what your word for 2014 is!

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