Stay
Every new year I choose a word to represent my intention for the year ahead. My word for 2024 is Stay. What is ironic about it is that we just sold our condo and bought a new home! So I guess we are not exactly staying here, but I do intend to stay in our new home and delve more into my homebody side there. Another reason for focusing my energy into staying home is the basic practicalities of not being able to afford travel and excursions all too much with the significantly larger mortgage and house payments that we will be taking on. I always like to choose a word that is both a noun and a verb. As an action I intend to do the following: Stay home and enjoy the simple day-to-day routines and activities with my family. Stay local, explore and get our bearings within our new neighbourhood in Kanata. Stay sober and in recovery as I continue in my ninth year of sobriety. Stay in my emotions and try my best to fully process them as I am going through them, in order to get to a place of un