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2022 in One Word: Mindset
Babe, you’re 37.
Those three words made me jump up and whoop and dance around the room so much so, that my 8-year-old even looked up from Minecraft, cringing: Mum, you look weird.
But I didn’t care.
Neither would you if you just gained a whole year back of your life back!
You see, I spent the whole of 2022 thinking I was 38 when I was actually only 37 years old! That is a whole extra year to the big 4–0! Phew!
I’m on a journey to making friends with the concept of aging. I want to love getting older- but I admit I’m not there yet. I swear I still feel like I’m 28 years old. 28 was a sweet season. I was good at my job, we had lots of time (we didn’t have kids yet) and the future stretched on and on ahead of us, full of possibilities.
What’s My Age Again?
This simple Christmas week revelation that I am only 37 and not 38, has given me the gift of a mindset shift for 2023: Anything is possible! Just like the year I turned 28, 2023 will be a year of endless possibilities!
When it comes to 2022, the ups and downs of the year taught me a lot about mindset.
At the beginning of 2022, like lots of people, I set up my vision board for the year…