Word of the Year – Rachel Geist

Hi hi! So yes, I kind of planned this to be posted a bit earlier, but eh. I didn’t get around to sitting down to write it until now. So last year my word of the year was upgrade, and overall I think that it was a decent choice. For this year, I have been thinking a lot about what word to choose, and decided to go with Intentional. Here’s why.

I can trend towards being unintentional super fast. I just go about my business and do what needs to be done for a baseline, but start ignoring the extra stuff. So for example, going to work and doing my job is my baseline. But then when it comes to the extra (reaching out to people myself, extra reading and learning, putting myself out there in leader-y situations) I can sometimes forget about it. I have to be intentional about remembering to put the extra effort in for that extra nip.

At home it’s the same thing. I can baseline pretty well, but I’m not very intentional about doing what I would consider the “extras” all the time. In my opinion that is not a bad thing either; I can’t be on 100% of the time and doing all the things because I’d get so burned out. However, I want to be intentional about thinking about what extra things actually need to be addressed and then following through with them.

There you go, my word of the year. Do you come up with a word of the year? I think that it’s a bit easier to stick with rather than a resolution, but what do you think?

More next time! I’m thinking of discussing yaml files a bit. They’re something I’ve been looking into more recently and it helps me to wrap my head around something if I have to write about it.

-Rachel

Last year was the year of dealing with unexpected events. I’m not a huge fan of unexpected events and behaviors, myself. It took a lot of energy to handle everything last year, and I’m pooped out.

I’ve been thinking about resolutions, goals, and themes for this new year, and I think I’ve decided on Upgrade as my theme. I want the 2020 upgrade to encompass many things this year.

I want professional upgrades for me to look like learning new skills and applying them. It also means more meaningful networking with other people in town. A lot of the time (most of the time) I seriously doubt every skill and ability I have. I want to lessen those doubts this year. My big goal this year is to actually put a project into my GitHub repo. I have a ton of stuff in private repos and with work, but nothing out and about in public land.

Personal upgrades include upgrades to the house, upgrades in the amount of effort and energy I exert on getting did up on a daily basis, and upgrades in the amount of energy I spend socializing with family and friends. I generally exert the least amount of effort getting ready in the mornings if I get overwhelmed. If you’re into the enneagram at all, I’m a 5w4. It’s been a pretty handy tool in recognizing good and bad tendencies in myself and helping out with some personal growth.

Here’s to 2020 and some high hopes.

-Rachel

Rachel Geist

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