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In the past week, I’ve hinted around at my word for the year in my top 4 favorite books post and in my goals post. Did you guess what you thought it was?
The word actually came to me in November, but it scared me and I honestly was hoping another word would pop up instead. But nope, that word kept coming back to me again and again.
I mulled it over and I asked Jesse for his input. I told him that it felt like it was the word I was supposed to pick, but also that it felt daunting to me.
Ever have that happen? Where you known in your heart of hearts you’re supposed to say yes to something or try something or step out and move forward with something or commit to something… but that something feels a little (or a lot!) intimidating. Like, you know it’s going to require you to make changes that aren’t easy but will ultimately be really good?
That’s me with my word of the year this year. The more I sat with it, the more I knew it was the right word, even though I know to walk it out is going to require some changes… but these will ultimately be really good changes.
What is the word? It’s… unplugged.
Yes, you can chuckle that someone who makes her livelihood online and words full-time running an internet business is choosing the word “unplugged”. Like I said, it’s going to stretch me to live it out. But, I really believe that it’s going to be impactful in a way that just might completely change my life!
First off, the inspiration for this word came from reading both The Unplugged Hours: Cultivating a Life of Presence in a Digitally Connected World and Reconnected: How 7 Screen-Free Weeks With Monks and Amish Farmers Helped Me Recover the Lost Art of Being Human.
As I was reading each book, it’s like my heart and body took a big exhale. I want to experience the richness of life that is waiting for me when I fully unplug and focus on what’s right in front of me.
Of course, since I have an internet business, I can’t just do away with my phone and my computer — and I have no desire to do so! But I do have a deep longing to spend some time completely unplugged every day.
For me, unplugging will mean that my phone and my computer are turned off and put away for chunks of the day. I want to live more untethered to the internet and the only way to do that for me is to completely shut down and put away screens for sections of the day.
Choosing a word is one thing. But just choosing it isn’t going to change anything. Instead, you need to design a plan to help you live out your word.
So, in addition to setting monthly goals for unplugged time, I have devised a plan to make it happen. The past few months, I’ve done a good job of not getting on my phone for the first hour of the morning (I try to just not even look at it except to turn off my alarm and that is it).
Instead, I go on a walk and watch the sun rise, I read my Bible and a few pages from a devotional and some inspiring books, and I get myself and the kids ready for the day. I try to not look at my phone until all of this is done. It has made such a world of difference in my days when I start my mornings like this!
But I’m still struggling with my evenings. And I know it’s because of being online. I get sucked into “doing just one more thing” for work or “just a few more minutes of scrolling”… and we all know how that usually goes. Which means that I’m not winding down well in the evenings and have been struggling with going to bed early.
So the challenge with choosing this word will mean that I need to be more disciplined and proactive in developing good habits and setting good boundaries for my phone and computer in the evenings.
I talked with my business coach, Alli Worthington, last week about how conflicted I was feeling about my evenings and how I’m struggling to shut things down and go to bed earlier. She gently pushed me to consider if I really needed to be online in the evenings at all.
After some resistance, I finally realized she was right. So I’m putting this out here publicly that my Word of the Year is Unplugged and that this is how I want to live this out because my hope is that it will motivate me to actually follow through with my goal to be unplugged at least two hours before bed.
My plan is to have a strict policy to not turn my phone or computer on after 8 p.m. I will shut them down and have them in the other room. Then, instead of scrolling or finishing work in the evenings, I’ll spend time with Jesse and/or the older kids and take a bath and read and get into bed by 9:45 p.m. to 10 p.m.
I know that this will make a big positive difference for my days and my life — but it will be a big challenge to follow through with this. So that’s why this word scares me and that’s why I’m putting this out here publicly. Because I need all the accountability I can get!
Do you have a Word of the Year for 2025? If so, let us know what it is in the comments!
Let me help you set, track, and actually accomplish your goals this year!
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Yesterday, I shared my top 4 favorite reads from 2024 and on Saturday, I shared the 40 Books I Read in 2024 (I made a page with all of them in my Amazon if you’d love to see all the covers at a glance!) Today, I’m sharing my promised list of books I want to read in January.
If you saw my post on my goals for 2025, you’ll know that I’m doing monthly goals instead of yearly goals this year. So I didn’t set an overall reading goal for 2025, but I am planning to set monthly goals.
For January, my goal is to finish 6 books. However, I picked out more than 6 books in case I finish some of them early and need some extra reading material (too many good books and never enough time to read them all, right??). If I don’t get all of these finished in January, I plan to add them to my February stack.
At the end of each month, I plan to share reviews on the books I finished that month + my book stack for the next month, so since many of you have begged for me to bring back my book posts here on the blog. I’ll also be sharing more in real-time what I’m reading over on Instagram stories and on the podcast and in my personal email newsletter.
I’m also hoping to finish Word Before World, the devotional I’m reading in the mornings as part of my Bible Reading time (I am going through the She Reads Truth studies again this year).
For those who ask when I read: I always have a few books going at once and I read a few pages to a chapter of a Christian inspiration book + a business book every morning. Then, my goal is to read at least 30 pages of a some type of more fun reading in the evenings before bed — memoir, fiction, etc. But that didn’t happen much in 2024. My big hope in 2025 is that my goal of unplugged evenings (more on that in my Word of the Year post!) will help to facilitate more reading!
What are you planning to read in January? I’d love to hear!
Coming tomorrow: My word for 2025 and how I’m planning to set things up to live it out!
Let me help you set, track, and actually accomplish your goals this year!
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Yesterday I shared the 40 Books I Read in 2024 (I made a page with all of them in my Amazon if you’d love to see all the covers at a glance!) I promised you that today I’d share my Top 4 Favorite Books from 2024.
I chose these 4 titles based upon which books most stuck with me, most challenged me, and the ones I found myself talking about and recommending after I read them.
Through the Eyes of the Lion — While I’ve never experienced the loss of a child, I felt this book was packed with practical encouragement for anyone who has found themselves feeling gutted by grief and brokenhearted. It is the story of the Lusko family losing their 5-year-old daughter right before Christmas as the result of an asthma attack.
It is heartbreaking and honest, but also infused with hope and points to Jesus again and again. I really feel like every Christian would be personally inspired by reading this message of walking though horrific circumstances without losing your faith in Jesus. It also helped me have a tiny window into what it would be like to lose a child and how to walk well with someone who is going through this devastation.
Nothing is Wasted — In 2015, Davey’s wife Amanda and their unborn child were murdered. In this memoir, he shares more about what it was like to walk through that horrific loss, the real and raw emotions he felt, and how changing his perspective from bitterness to compassion gave him the ability to forgive the perpetrators.
He candidly discusses his initial rage and the complexities of forgiveness – both of others and himself, taking through the challenges of rebuilding amidst deep loss, including the unexpected closure of the church he and Amanda founded. Through it all, Davey shares how he felt God’s presence even in the darkest moments.
One of the most impactful parts of this book for me was when Davey shares about how empathy for those who caused him unimaginable pain and stepping into their stories transformed his perspective on grace and redemption. His insights are a powerful reminder of God’s ability to bring beauty from ashes, reshaping our understanding of suffering and resilience!
I was so honored to get the opportunity to meet Davey this past year and interview him on my podcast. His episode was one of the most-loved episodes I shared on the podcast this year and I would highly recommend it! Listen here.
Slow Productivity — I savored this book slowly (the title alone makes you want to be sure not to fly through it!) and it resonated with me at a deep level. I will be mulling over the suggestions for years to come. It’s already challenged me to rethink the way I set up my days and weeks (especially in light of one of the big premises of the book which is to do fewer things!) and it’s also really made me think about the best way to set up our business and systems.
It was so simple and yet so profound. If you are a business owner, work in any sort of profession, and/or struggle with finding your worth in productivity or feel like crossing things off your list and packing your days as full as possible is what “productivity” is, definitely consider reading this book!
The Unplugged Hours — This was one of those books that will likely challenge and stick with me for a very long time. And it was one of two books that inspired my word for 2025 (more on that in a few days!). I especially loved how the book felt inspiring and doable, not guilt-ridden or legalistic! It made you want to unplug more because of how it would enrich your life and relationships not unplug because you felt like you must or you should or that all technology is bad.
Inspired by this book, I set the goal of unplugging 1000 hours over the next year and to enjoy a more untethered life. I’ll share more what that’s going to look like in my Word for 2025 post!
By the way, I got to do an Instagram Live with the author of this book all about The Unplugged Hours. It’s very worth listening to/watching if you have a little time! Go here to listen.
What were your top reads from 2024? I’d love to hear! Tell us in the comments!
Coming tomorrow: My Book Stack for January and my reading goals for the next month.
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