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My Journey into Excellence in 2025
Excellence: The Word for 2025
Every year, most people start a “New Year’s Resolution”. They create a list of various things that they want to do or quit doing. Most New Year’s Resolutions don’t last until the end of January. Some sources say “Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day” is January 17 while others consider the second Friday in January as “Quitter’s Day.”
This is not exactly what the polls reveal. According to the Forbes Health/One Poll, the survey found that the average resolution lasts just 3.74 months. 8% of respondents say they stick with their goals for one month, 22% say they last two months, 22% say they last three months, and 13% say they last four months.
So last year I decided to improve on my results. Rather than having a list of resolutions that were so overwhelming that I failed, I started doing something different. I chose a word as my annual goal.
Last year, my word of the year was “focus”. Focus I did. Did I meet my goal for the entire year? Yes. I have evidence of that. I wrote three books and completed major work on a fourth. I completed posts for two blogs for 52 weeks this year. I stuck with learning Italian throughout the whole year. I maintained and improved upon my morning routine.