Are New Year’s Resolutions Working For You?

Three reasons I use a Word of The Year (WOTY).

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I began using a WOTY in 2022 to capture the fundamental idea I wanted to adjust based on last year’s reflections.

Consider the advantages below and evaluate if a WOTY may be right for you.

This 2-minute read provides WOTY answers for Who, What, When, Where, Why and How.

Simple. It is only one word with no tracking system and enhances your current goals like salt enhances the flavor of food. It frees you to start and stop goals on the most logical dates.

Flexible. Life is constantly changing and each week is different.

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” — Jimmy Dean, musician and entrepreneur.

A WOTY helps you understand how to adjust your sails daily to become your ideal self. Your WOTY can flow into the current moment like water and wrap around your goals empowering you with better decision-making ability.

Powerful. A WOTY is a simple, powerful way to practice cognitive reframing. Cognitive reframing involves changing one’s perspective on a situation, event or thought pattern more positively or constructively. You put on WOTY-colored glasses for a year and that changes your mental frame on each situation each day. You will find:

New perceptions.

New Possibilities.

New Options.

Your WOTY glasses will help you understand yourself more deeply.

“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes” — Marcel Proust

Powerful, flexible, and simple: put the WOTY in your toolbox and try it.

What is your experience using a WOTY?

Jim Sutton