"Selfish is my word."

Transcript:

Hey there, it's Hien, and I wanted to welcome in the new year with you. You made it, you did it, here we are, we are alive. And no matter what else is going on, I think the fact that you are alive is really special. If you're listening to this, you know, I'm happy you're alive. And, you know, I can't sit here and promise that this year is going to be anything. I cannot tell you, it's gonna be a wonderful year or the best year, or, you know, New Year New You and all these things. I don't know, I really don't know how this year is going to go. But I do know that you are alive. And I am alive. And it's something to feel good about. Even if it's hard, even if it's hard.

I wanted to share a little bit about my word for this year. So I don't do New Year's resolutions, necessarily. But two years ago, 2020 I started to do a word. And my word for 2020 was liberation, I really wanted to explore what liberation would mean to me and think about liberation, individually and collectively. And then, in 2021, my word was healing. Because, wow, there was there was a lot of healing that needed to happen, and still needs to happen. For me personally and collectively.

And for 2022 my word of the year is selfish. And I think depending on who I'm talking to, I might say that it is to be over the year about being more receptive or receiving or even abundance. That's a word that people tend to sort of understand and like. But for me, personally, and truthfully, selfish is my word. Because I have found that within the last two years, and despite everything going on in the world, and how hard things got, I kept pushing, and I kept giving. And I think that it is now time. Not that it wasn't time before. But this year, I really want to focus on receiving, taking up space for myself.

And that word is so interesting, that word of being selfish, right? Because it's usually a really negative connotation when you hear that word. But I think if you are somebody who has been giving a lot, and if you are somebody who has a lot of empathy. I think it's okay for you to be a little bit selfish. I think it might do you good, actually. And all these things I'm saying is also based on my own experiences, of course, and sort of learning and discovering for myself. But I think that, you know, 2022 is going to be the year where maybe I won't push myself as hard to keep going. Maybe I will actually rest. Like imagine that! And not feel guilty about it, right?

Because let me tell you, I'm the kind of person who will schedule days off, you know, on my calendar and then either ignore it, like change my mind as the day comes closer, like oh, no, I'm gonna work or, you know, do work anyways, on the day of like, I'm that type of person. And so I think it's okay, I think it's very okay and a good thing for me to consider how I could be a little bit more selfish. And along with that, of course, is that idea of receiving, right? Receiving. I think I am somebody who expends and gives a lot of like, emotional energy and like space holding. And I think it's okay for me to not be giving so much.

And so, you know, maybe you're the same way. Maybe for you you also realize maybe you shouldn't be giving so much. And that you should be taking more and receiving more. Or maybe you're not like me and you're like, oh, well, that's interesting, maybe I am someone who could give more, right? But yeah, so that is my word of the year for 2022. And I hope you have a lovely rest of your week. And again, I'm so happy that you are alive.

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