Recently, in my other life as a papercrafter, I read a post by Ali Edwards about her word for 2009. She was taking stock of the year at the mid-way point in the context of the word she had chosen to live by at the beginning of the year.

I’m a new follower of her blog, but apparently many of her readers had joined in and chosen a word also, and many of them commented about their own progress over the past six months, living with their word as a sort of compass.

I decided that I would choose a word for the remaining six months of 2009, and the word I’ve chosen is EQUILIBRIUM. I thought about the word “balance” – that’s what came to mind first – but it feels so worn out. Every blogger and his monkey’s uncle seems to be writing about balance, and though I understand why, I’m tired of that word!

For me, EQUILIBRIUM goes deeper, it’s more spiritual and not about making lists and keeping all the plates spinning – though I do plenty of that! It’s about feeling content and fulfilled, and finding inner peace – even if the dishes are piling up and there’s laundry to do.

I explored some of this on my other blog last year, though there my focus was on finding serenity and peace of mind through getting myself organized – and that’s still important to me. But for these six months, I will strive for EQUILIBRIUM on a deeper level, using it as a mantra when I start to feel jangled and anxious – which unfortunately I often do.

Is there a word you’d like to live by for the rest of 2009? Please share!

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