Intentions for 2023

Helloooo…!

Setting intentions for the new year is something I have been doing for 3 years now. It is so much better than setting resolutions that I forget about within the first week of January.

It all started with a friend asking to select a title for a book on my life back in March 2020. After a lot of thought, I decided the book of my life would be called Pause to Breathe. I had been struggling with things for years and needed to tell myself to stop running the race of life and take a pause to breathe.

Isn’t it funny how breathing is such a natural thing but we forget to breathe because we get so busy in our life?

However, it was not until December 2020 that I came across the term Intention of the Year and I realised Pause to Breathe had become my intention for 2020. All I focused on was my physical and mental health.

For 2021, I chose Focus on Voice and Explore to Grow as my intentions of the year. I didn’t set any goals in my mind. My Voice and Growth were things I wanted to work on – I didn’t know what exactly I wanted, I didn’t know what I was going to do and of course, I didn’t know how I was going to do it.

At the end of 2021, when I sat down to reflect on the year, I realised how I had expanded the scope of Focus on Voice and Explore to Grow. From becoming more confident to speak up on things I would rather stay quiet about to going on my first solo trip, I did things I had not even imagined I could do.

But there was another observation, 2021 was a difficult year too. I had multiple breakdowns and I realised I forgot to pause to breathe.

So, for 2022, I decided that while setting new intentions for the year, I would renew my previous intentions too. I chose Let it Go and Dream & Believe as my intentions for 2022.

As 2022 is coming to a close, I have been reflecting on the last 12 months and I see that I have been able to stick to all five intentions in some way or the other.

It was a beautiful year with its ups and downs. I discovered beautiful things about myself and took some important decisions about life. I see that one solo trip a year is becoming my thing. I understand better how important it is to spend time with family. I realise the value of health – physical, mental and emotional.

The ups of 2022 told me what I need to take forward with me to 2023 and the downs told me what I need to work on to become a better version of myself in the upcoming year. And so, here are the new intentions for 2023 – Protect the Orb and Live, Love, Laugh. The other five intentions are going for a renewal too.

I am excited to see what all these intentions have in store for me in 2023.

Do you set New Year resolutions, intentions or word of the year?

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