Dec 27, 2024

WORDS OF THE YEAR

I've been reflecting this week on the Word of the Year for 2025. I now have two of them! One is for my personal life, and one for Elegantees. First, I'll share the word for Elegantees:

COLLABORATE

This word came to my mind multiple times this week, and I didn't accept it at first. I thought, surely there is something fancier? It doesn't have the same appeal to it like Create (2023) or Multiply (2024).

Collaborating means partnering with other creatives and businesswomen with the goal of helping each other in their dreams, and reaching more people among networks.

To be honest, I'm glad for direction, but not excited. Collaborating was my marketing strategy when we weren't as known. It was good for that season, but it feels like stepping into the past. It's a similar feeling to when I was out of high school for 6 years and hadn't been back since the last day of school. I went back because my younger brother had a baseball game for his senior year. The school looked the same as I remembered, but I outgrew it.

Yet, collaborating is the instruction I have, so I'm going to trust it. It makes total sense from a business standpoint, but I'm waiting on the spark that gets me excited about it. The women that come to mind so far are ones I really like, so spending time with them is optimistic.

Collaborating will keep me focused. I think it's what I need for this to bring more order and structure into our marketing reach. It may be a boring word, but sometimes the boring is the needed thing.

PRAYER

This is the first word I received for 2025, but it didn't fit Elegantees. This past year didn't have any major emergencies. It was slow and steady, and not in need of any memorable miracles.

It didn't take me long to realize PRAYER is not for Elegantees, but for me. You ever feel like things are chaotic, and you need step-by-step guidance? That's my life. I admit to it because I'm not alone, and it's nothing to be ashamed of.

I've already started with this word in my personal life. I walk on the streets of New York City and converse with the Holy Spirit, as if I'm talking to a friend or my father. I look a little crazy, but in New York, anything goes, haha. When I am in prayer, I am fully known and fully loved. It yields a peace that nothing else can. I see discernment that even my wisest friends cannot. I become stronger, kinder, and more patient after meeting in this space.

I'll need prayer to get me through 2025.

How about you? If you like to have a word of the year, share yours with me too! My hope for you is that you grow stronger, more hopeful, and know that you are loved.