Frame Your Year With A New Perspective: Faith

Have you ever chosen a "word of the year?" 
Created a vision board as inspiration?

Until recently, this practice has been an absolute staple for the new year.

I've participated & led workshops, coached and offered templates ~ all centered on visualizing the life you want and making that happen.

While I still love the idea, this year, I find myself looking from a new angle. One that lets go of striving, but instead shifts perspective to view life from a lens far more valuable than worldly success.

Let me explain....

My words unintentionally reflect my life's evolution:
2023: Clarity
2024: Action
2025: Anchored

These last few years were chaotic. I felt lost, confused, and alone, even while surrounded by community & wearing a smile.

2023: I sought clarity, found that everything was wrong, but didn't know what to do. 

2024: I attempted action, but felt impossibly stuck.
In desperation, I prayed for God to take over.

Despite my good intentions, wellness striving, and desire to help others, I was never satisfied. I'd make it through one crisis, take a deep breath, and another would land. Nothing made sense but I pushed through it all with a positive attitude and a vision of greatness.

I considered myself good, prayed occasionally for requests or thanks, and I thought God was happy as long as I was a kind person.
I had no desire to read the Bible. I didn't know a relationship with God was necessary or even possible. I believed. Wasn't that enough?
None of this was on my radar nor anywhere on my vision board. I was completely unaware that I had developed a hardened self-reliance, naivety, and pursuit of success that was slowly boxing Him out.

When I finally begged God to take action in my life, my decades-long, "perfect" vision for my life imploded. God intervened, "blowing up" my life as I knew it. I watched my old life burn down. Maybe I saw it coming? But I was so focused on achieving my vision, my plan, my tunnel vision kept me stuck and pushing further from God's will.
Despite nothing making logical sense, He provided for all my needs: safety, shelter, comfort, and grace.
I fell into surrender.

In Dec 2024, my resistance to God softened, and I became curious. He was all I had, and my life began to change.
I had to trust Him, but I didn't actually know Him.

For 2025, inspired by a devotional, I chose "Anchored" and I anchored in God's promises, His word, saved by grace through faith, which ultimately has rescued me from drifting deeper into the darkness of my own brokenness.

My hope in sharing my vulnerability is not to promote my “new method”, but for you to see yourself in my story—the part of you that feels lost or constantly seeking satisfaction or that next-best practice.
Recognize that hole, and become curious about what's missing. Through that curiosity, we can experience life through Jesus's message and support each other through this year by seeking God first.

Brokenness and curiosity may be how God is working in your heart. Surrender and let God lead. While not easy, I can testify that intentionally seeking God first brings a peace that surpasses all understanding, no matter what your circumstances.

Here's a few things I've opened my awareness to this year that have shifted the way I view my "vision" for this year.

If these examples spark curiosity or ring true in your heart, reach out. Let's reframe together.