Nurture

Nurture is my Word of the Year for 2015.  I want to nurture myself through healthy living--paleo eating (lots of vegetables, protein and good fats), walks and meditation.  I also commit to nurturing my creative side-writing every day, even if it's just a brief "check in" in my journal, cooking classes, maybe some painting and reading great books.  I will start strength training.  I am also on a minimalism kick:  the cleaning out of my closet and working towards a capsule wardrobe-I think that simplification will free up time and release anxiety.  I will continue to nurture my relationship with Stefan.  I will also work on nurturing my relationships with the kids-especially mindful of E getting ready to fly off on her own adventures, and B entrenched in the Teenaged Years.  I want to be more mindful of nurturing our family time.  We had such a wonderful road trip.  I want to plan more things like that we can do together-game time, reading time, sightseeing.  I also want to nurture the friendships I've made over the last few years.  It's interesting because I think I cast a wide net for friends-and some are definitely more "me" than others.  I need to spend time with the people I really like rather than just making a million plans with a huge number of people to feel "social".   I love the idea of Word of the Year versus making a bunch of resolutions.  I think it's just such a great, concise way of remembering what I'm working towards. Like the "does this feel like love?" but "Is this nurturing?"  Is what I'm doing/saying/thinking/committing to nurturing the person who's standing in front of me?  nurturing my health?  nurturing our family time?