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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWORD OF THE YEAR…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of my favourite New Year traditions of recent years has been to choose a\u00a0Word of the Year<\/a>. A word that describes the feeling and focus I want to have for the coming year. And in fact, I don\u2019t so much choose the word as let the word choose me. When I think about the coming year, what is my focus? What do I want to accomplish? How do I want to feel?\u00a0 THE YEAR OF JOY…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n My Word of the Year for 2020 was Growth. 2021 was Fulfillment. And 2022 is the\u00a0Year of Joy<\/strong>!\u00a0\ud83d\udc9c I even gave myself a rainbow manicure after Ingrid Fetell Lee\u2019s inspired me and made me smile in her TED Talk. And I\u2019ve downloaded an app (1 Second Every Day<\/a>) to collect my daily moments of joy into a movie! I am trying to be more mindful, more grateful, and more aware of the little moments of joy around me. And to create them myself. If you\u2019re so inspired, this was a lovely article on\u00a0100 Ways to Improve Your Life Without Really Trying<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n WHAT I’M READING…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nothing is better than having a few days between Christmas and New Year to lie on the couch in the light of the Christmas tree reading a book. Absolute heaven for me! In my family, Boxing Day is very officially the Day of Doing Whatever You Want, and that usually means PJs all day, the Globe & Mail annual crossword puzzle, lots of chocolates, and sinking into a good book!! WHAT I’M LISTENING TO…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The True Crime podcast binge series continues! \ud83d\ude09\u00a0\u00a0After listening to the final episode of\u00a0Bad Women: The Ripper Retold<\/a>,\u00a0I was searching for a new listen when multiple sources recommended\u00a0Sweet Bobby<\/a>. 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\u201cI don\u2019t know about you but I love the idea of choosing a Word of the Year vs. New Year\u2019s Resolution because it helps bring focus and clarity to what we want to create in our lives.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>
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Do you choose a Word of the Year? If you\u2019re looking for a bit of inspiration, this\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0helps walk you through the process!<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/jnhcoaching.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-14-at-09.55.48.png\")
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It\u2019s been a challenging two years. Not the worst years [that title remains with 2017, the year I got every illness under the sun, at the same time!], but challenging. They were more about surviving than thriving. And now I\u2019d like to thrive!\u00a0
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And as always tends to happen, once I landed on JOY as my Word of the Year, I started hearing about it and seeing it everywhere! A friend recommended a wonderful TED Talk on\u00a0Where Joy Hides and How to Find it<\/a>! It was so inspiring that I immediately bought the book.\u00a0Joyful<\/a>\u00a0has been my first read of 2022 and it is wonderful. It really makes you stop and take note of where you personally find joy, and compels you to start looking for it in your everyday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/jnhcoaching.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-BOOKS-for-Mailchimp-35-1024x576.png\")
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And I devoured two over the holidays! Both fast-paced, engrossing and compelling stories. Nothing complicated or too deep about them; sometimes you just need a good story to escape into!
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The first was\u00a0A Good Marriage<\/a>\u00a0by Kimberly McCreight. It\u2019s a great whodunnit about a lawyer named Lizzie who is contacted by an old friend accused of murdering his wife. As the story develops, everyone\u2019s alibi and motive shifts and changes and although I started out convinced I knew who had killed the wife, the book was far less formulaic than I expected. There were multiple twists keeping me surprised! A fun read.
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I had also heard multiple recommendations for\u00a0Seven Weeks in June<\/a>\u00a0by Tia\u00a0Williams. And it did not disappoint!! I raced through this one. The story was excellent and the writing really solid. It\u2019s a sexy love story about two high school sweethearts reuniting 15 years later. Definitely not what I was expecting, and certainly not an idealized backstory, but it was very engrossing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/jnhcoaching.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-BOOKS-for-Mailchimp-35-1024x576.jpg\")
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Wishing you a happy, healthy, joyful 2022!
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