My 2022 Theme: Year of the Spotlight
Well, 2021 is over, and with that my Year of Intention has come to an end. Last year was the first time I decided to set a theme for the year instead of making up goals or resolutions-and it definitely did not go as expected. What started out as the year where I was supposed to be focused and “intentional” with everything I did, ended up as a year where I un-intentionally did something entirely different. I’m taking the lessons I learned from my Year of Intention and making them the central idea of this new theme: the Spotlight!
If you’re not familiar with the idea of a yearly theme, I recommend CGP Grey’s video on themes. If you’ve never done a theme before, watch that video and I think you’ll want to give it a try :)
Reflecting on last year’s theme
Last year I was so excited to try my first yearly theme. After the mess that 2020 was, I thought that a good theme for 2021 could fix it all. Turns out, no matter how intentional you are, you can’t fix everything all at once. In 2021, I set my theme to be the Year of Intention because I wanted to be intentional with everything I did. I was tracking my time, journaling, developing good habits, making daily self-improvement Instagram posts, creating a home workout routine, organizing my life on Notion, working, all while trying to have a major pivot in my career. For the first few…
