I’m participating in Sally Russick’s (The Studio Sublime) ‘focus on life: 52 weeks’ photography blog hop. For this week’s prompt, Sally chose “your word” for the week. This meant the word that we have each chosen to help give direction to our goals for the year.

Instead of New Year’s resolutions, some people like to choose a word instead to guide them through the year. Last year, I hadn’t really firmed up a word but I think I had ‘fearlessly explore’ in mind. In that vein, I took workshops to learn new jewelry skills (enameling and soldering!) (post here and here) and submitted jewelry designs for publication—and was accepted (posts here, here, here, and here). So I would say that I had great success with my word.

For this year, I had a couple of words in mind—either healing or mindful. Healing as in healing mind and body with the goals of being happier and healthier. Or mindful as in taking care in what I think, say, and how I act. Both need work! However, I choose ‘healing’ because in order to live my best life, my health—both mental and physical—needs to take priority.

My word – healing

For my photo this week, I’ve chosen items that represent healing to me—healthy food, a food diary, and books—one on making my knees feel better and the other on making my soul feel better. I’ll let you know how it goes. Wish me luck!

I also started a weight loss support group on Facebook this week along with three other ladies I met as a result of last Saturday’s hop. Pretty cool, huh! If you’d like to be included, let me know.

Go here to see the rest of the participants.

The books are “You Can Heal Your Life” by Louise Hay  and “Treat Your Own Knees” by Jim Johnson.