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At the beginning of 2020 (which feels like a decade ago) we joined the #OneWord365 challenge. The idea was this word would set your tone for the year. Dinah chose enjoy, Hilary chose detach, and I chose consistent. One of the ways I wanted to show my consistency was with my working out. I wanted to make progress and become more fit and healthy. So I came up with a 2020 challenge: run 1000 kms. Here was my thought process: '1,000 km is a lot, but it's only 2.73km a day. That's

2020 was the first year I joined #oneword365. It was easy—I simply chose a word to inform the focus of my year. I chose #enjoy. The title of this blog gives the game away on this year's word. Before I delve into that, a quick report on #enjoy. It proved to be slightly more challenging than expected! The goals I set were to enjoy simple pleasures, enjoy freedom of choice (to persist or move on), and to enjoy learning. In the end, #enjoy worked as a reference point for me in t

At the beginning of the year, The Training Practice joined the #OneWord365 challenge: find one word that will help you set the tone for 2020. Back in January (was that six months or six years ago?) I aimed to bring more #consistency into my 2020. I wanted to turn the quote "drop perfection, choose consistency" into my 2020 motto. My #OneWord challenge helped me set a target for the year (the competitor in me thrives from this). At the time, this meant I wanted to have consis

We're still in the counting time of the year—how many times recently have you heard or said: 'my last week of leave' or 'my first day back at work'. My first week of work, just three days, ended with my colleague Kristen Gyorgak issuing the #OneWord365 challenge. Kristen's blog explains her choice of 'consistent'. My choice is 'enjoy'. I certainly enjoyed the first six days of the year; I was on holiday in Rotorua—evidence below! I'm planning to sustain that sense of enjoymen

Yesterday I read a great blog by Cathy De Jongh reflecting on New Year's resolutions and why studies show 80% fail within the first 30 days. While we all know the flawed logic of resolutions, if you're anything like me, you go into the year setting resolutions and failing at them all the same. Instead of specific resolutions, Cathy took up #OneWord365 challenge. The idea is to focus on a single word you want to set the tone for your year. I had never heard, nor considered