One Little Word - Rhythm

I'm always surpised by how sometimes life provides you with the answers to questions that have only just materialised in your head.  I've never been much of a New Years Resolution person.  On a whim I once decided not to eat chocolate for a year (and succeeded) but that's about it.  Anyway, after reading many blogs on New Years Resolutions I was no more inspired than before to write my list of 20 things I wanted to achieve this year, but after a conversation with Matthias, and after reading Jamie's post here, I may have changed my position on this.  I've decided that my 2011 needs a word, which isn't quite a New Years resolution, but its heading that way which is surprising,. Thankfully the skeptic in me is pre-occupied by conspiracy theories related to Wikileaks and  so my optimistic side is running with the idea. 

 

It's a little over a year since I moved to Berlin. On the surface I feel comfortable here - I have my hairdresser, we know an excellent butcher and I can navigate the BVG with relative ease. If forced I can even have a telephone conversation, which is a far cry from where I was 12 months ago.  But I still don't really feel like I'm settled here.  I haven't quite found my groove.  So, after tossing it around in my head and saying it aloud a few times to see if it fits, I've decided that my word for 2011 is "rhythm" - finding it, embracing it, settling myself  down into daily rituals and practice which have been otherwise missing from my life over the last 12 months.

To keep me on track and to help motivate me towards completing my 365 I've decided to join Jill at Life... As I See It in her One Little Word challenge - a picture a week that documents the "deliberate approach" to incorporating this word and what it means to you into your life.  It's verging on a self-help place where I don't often venture, but if it helps me find my rhythm I'm more than happy to give it a try.  Thank-you also to Kristy of Life-n-Reflection if she hadn't commented on my blog I'd never have skipped over to her blog or found the One Little Word Challenge. If you're interested in joining in to, click here to find out what it's all about.