Tag: Word

  • Odyssey my word of the year 2025

    Odyssey my word of the year 2025

    An image of the word Odyssey and the text 2025 on a black background

    My word for 2025 is Odyssey. It is a guiding word, something to meditate on during the dismal grey days of February, or the oppressive heat of June. I believe this provides the perfect balance between a dedicated journey with purpose alongside the very real distractions of living and being.

    Odyssey
    noun
    a long and eventful or adventurous journey or experience:
    journey, voyage, trek, travels, quest, crusade, pilgrimage, wandering, journeying;

    It doesn’t limit itself to the self-development or spiritual growth of a pilgrimage but can encompass it. It is a me sort of word, with multiple meanings and aspects around a theme.

    Of course, one can’t truly think of the word “odyssey” without a brief mention of Homer’s renowned classic. I find the Wikipedia entry on the poem’s themes particularly insightful.

    > Crucial themes in the poem include the ideas of nostos (νόστος; ‘return’), wandering, xenia (ξενία; ‘guest-friendship’), testing, and omen

    Or, a journey to a place, without a set course, with friends, family and others, a journey that will test my skills and abilities, and provide moments of spiritual contemplation and revelation.

    On a more practical note, this odyssey will involve music making, digital and traditional art, multimedia, lots of learning and looking after my physical health.

    I’ll share more as the year passes. I have been working on 25 goals/habits for 2025. The first and primary one is to vlog/blog each week, so I’ll have plenty of opportunities to let you know how things are going.

    In the meantime, I have to do some preparation work for January. I still can’t believe we’ve spent another year in orbit around our star. I hope and pray that it was a good one for you, and may 2025 bring blessings to you all.


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  • My word for 2024

    Image of the word Intent, with the meaning of the word blurred in the background

    Each year I choose a word. A word to guide me, a word to inspire me, a word I can see above my desk when I doubt, or fear, or worry, or… celebrate. This year, 2024, my word is INTENT.

    “Too many wasted nights
    obsessed with the flickering things in my life”
    Ancient Water by Future Islands

    I get distracted too easily
    by the flickering,
    the incorporeal,
    the incorruptible,
    the sublime and the ridiculous

    But 2024 will be focused
    2024 will be met with INTENT

    Every flickering moment of my existence will be intentional.


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