Expansion is my word for this year.

That means that no matter what I do, where I go, or what happens, I return myself to one intention: to expand.

When I chose the word expansion, I felt scared and ungrounded, perhaps even threatened. So I married my word to a few intentions to guide and support my growth. I picked:

1. Personal integrity
2. Choosing what’s so; and
3. Exploring possibilities

Personal integrity includes word, order, and boundaries.

• It means that I constantly align my expansion with that to which I’ve given my most sacred word.
• It means that I keep my mind, body, soul, spirit, and physical plane in good order to support my most sacred explorations.
• It means that I set clear and strong boundaries that support my highest intentions.

Choosing what’s so includes embracing what’s in front of me, taking action, and cultivating inner peace.

• It means that as I expand, I breathe into everything I face.
• I don’t resist, I don’t avoid, and I don’t neglect. I embrace, expand, and breathe.
• I meditate in tough times. I bathe in blissful moments. I think critically in moments of transition and uncertainty.
• I embrace what’s so and roll with it, all with the intention to expand.

Exploring possibilities means that I embrace adventure and exploration, my two favorite modes of expansion.

• It means that I say YES.
• It means that I take risks.
• It means that I try new things.
• It means that I take new routes.
• It means that I be, say, and do things that are fresh, unique, and unfamiliar.

Each of these supports the others and enables my 12-month exploration. When I’m lost or stuck, I return myself to them. I write about them. I reflect upon them. I share them with others.

I grow.

In love and liminality,

Annie Rose