2023 word/theme for the year

[Sandydemop]

Hello friends. I hope your new year's eve plans went the way you wanted them to. I stayed in. My son and girlfriend came over to leave their pup with me while they go away left at 11:45. (grandma?) I gave them my good silverware. the kind you keep in a box and take out for special occasions. It made me happy to give it to them and I'm not throwing any big family holiday parties at this point. So my word for the year is simplify. give away/donate/sell/let go of what i don't want and is not good for me and keep what is nurturing to my physical, mental health and spirit. that means the chocolate in the fridge too.🍫 Be well my friends and thanks for being on this ride with me.

[falalalala]

That sounds like a good plan.

[Sandydemop in reply to falalalala]

Do you have a word for the year?

[falalalala in reply to Sandydemop]

"Dammit!" but that's subject to change.😜😅

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to falalalala]

🤣😂🤣 l like that word... l use it alot🤣😂🤗💕🌠

[falalalala in reply to Jesmcd2]

😅😅😅

[Sandydemop in reply to falalalala]

funny!

[falalalala in reply to Sandydemop]

It's already come up once when Normus broke my favorite coffee mug!

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador in reply to falalalala]

Yikes! That would have come with more words than that😐 Lately its been more Phyco! Cause he will race thru the the room and makes a right turn! 🤔 hes figgen nuts!🤣😂🤣🤗💕🌠

[falalalala in reply to Jesmcd2]

😀😀

[agate]

I'm gradually learning to give more things away or even discard them. It's a tough battle. I recently gave away my entire record album collection of about 30 albums (the 33-1/3 kind that nobody ever uses much any more). Some of them dated back to the 1960s and some had been played to the point where they were scratchy-sounding. But my son and DIL wanted them, and I think they are hoping some will be collector's items. I hope they get some good out of them. I no longer have a phonograph and find I can hear any music I want on the Internet just by Googling it. So I've just cleared half a shelf of space around here, and that brings on a liberating feeling.

But it marks the end of an era, a long era spent listening to those records. Hard to admit that that era is over but it is. I know what you mean about rewarding yourself. I treated myself to chocolate last night. After all, it was New Year's Eve.

[falalalala in reply to agate]

I still buy record albums at the bookstore. Most recently, The Beatles & Miles Davis. They re issue a lot of classics.

[Sandydemop in reply to falalalala]

i thought my mother's radio station played classics! next thing you're going to tell me is that the music i like is on the oldies station.

[falalalala in reply to Sandydemop]

The first time I heard 80's music on the classic oldies station, I had to take a moment to process.😜😂

[twooldcrows]

sounds great and i agree no special parties ...too old for that ....love and happiness for the New Year ahead so many new blessings for all of you ...

[kdali]

SHUSH! Or "Shush2023" 🤣

I like simple! Mine is a combination of parenting advice "don't listen to the world" which could be condensed to one word, shush, and then becomes a nice little message to MS also. We can add some from this thread together: "Simply shush, da*nit!"

ShushMS2023? It's a fine name for a drug trial! 🤣 I would participate.

[Sandydemop in reply to kdali]

i like the way you're thinking. I'm in.

[hairbrain4]

I think I want to use the same word as falalalala

[Amore55]

I tried earlier today to choose just one, but came up with 3. Experiences, knowledge, and kindness. I will be happy to get a bit of progress in each one. Does not need to be big!

[Sandydemop in reply to Amore55]

thanks Kelly, i don't have to be rigid about this. i had two but thought i had to pick only one. My second one is grace and 3rd kindness.

[Amore55 in reply to Sandydemop]

Those are all so beautiful. I used to be rigid and only picked one, but my friend in Utah said why? Just grow in the areas YOU choose, don’t limit yourself. I like that.

[Sandydemop in reply to Amore55]

great! we can be flexible. Every day with MS is different and we have to adapt so why be rigid about this?

[erash]

”acceptance” accept others for who they are, accept myself for who I am, accept my MS (stop fighting, call a truce, not a white flag)

[Sandydemop in reply to erash]

hi Miss E, surrender to win?

[erash in reply to Sandydemop]

I’m not sure about the word surrender. It’s probably accurate but it feels like resignation to me. I’ll have to think about it

[Sandydemop in reply to erash]

to me, surrender means going over to the winning side.

[NanaCC]

minimalist - my new favorite word, I agree with your post. I’ve been married for over 40 years I have an attic/basement full of things I don’t use or need. Unfortunately my husband is not on board. Love that you gave away your flatware. I am determined to go thru my kitchen cabinets t rid myself of all the things I never use. Great post HNY

[Sandydemop in reply to NanaCC]

thanks CC. i have not gone near the basement in over a year due to the steps. but whatever is in there is not needed obviously since it lives down there.

[Kenu]

“Serenity “ 😉

[Sandydemop in reply to Kenu]

good one

[Elizt3]

simplify! Good idea- I need to do more of that.

Thank you (and all the other nice people here). I appreciate everyone’s posts here.

[Sandydemop]

let's see how far we get. Last night i emptied a backpack full of useless things. thanks for keeping me accountable. if i can do one small thing a day it will add up.

[BlanketTime1]

simplify is an excellent motto. i guess mine would be nutrition. i eat poorly when i'm upset and since my body continues to be broken, i'm always upset. what's sad is the logic that eating garbage makes me feel physically worse doesn't work. i'll figure it out eventually.

i bet they loved the silver! happy new year.🤗

[Sandydemop in reply to BlanketTime1]

thanks very much for your validation. I do hope you can make small changes to eating better. you'll feel so much better! Promise. Here for you.

[BlanketTime1 in reply to Sandydemop]

🤗 i've already figured out one thing. if i eat fruit late at night instead of cake, i still get sweets, but a healthier version.

[pamgarner]

i am with you, "give while you live,so you know where it goes!

[Sandydemop in reply to pamgarner]

like that motto