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Goodbye, 2022.


My 2022 word of the year was Kindness. I wanted to reflect kindness through my relationships, family, and myself. Looking back on the year, I am thankful that the word kindness impacted me significantly and pushed me to actively progress toward being kind in all areas of my life.

With kindness, I experienced healing, literally and figuratively. Starting the year with a giant step backward in my family's health proved God's strength. God allowed those things to happen for a reason! With the physical healing, moments during the year gave me closure on my past. Unexpectedly, I feel better about who I am as a person and, most importantly, who I am in Christ. This shift has given me the courage to say "no" to things and set boundaries in relationships.

The word kindness is reflected in my academic life as I started my senior year of college in the fall. I put my all into my education, and I want nothing more than to look back on these four years of college and be proud of how God gave me the knowledge to push through. However, I battled heavily with perfectionism in 2022; despite that, I am learning to be kind to myself when perfectionism attempts to take hold of life. There is no one time that suddenly perfectionism or anxiety diminishes away; however, as believers, it's how we respond to those battles that can exhibit kindness.

Lastly, being kind to my body was my utmost desired goal and my greatest struggle. I battle daily against my outlook on my physical appearance and eating habits. This year I unintentionally fell in love with running and walking by myself. I did this as frequently as possible throughout the year, and it became something I looked forward to each day. Going out for a mile run helped my relationship with Christ, my mental health, and my mindset toward the effort I put into college. With all that has changed this year, I am thankful for the gift of physical activity and how I can use that as an act of kindness for my body and mind to block out what the enemy has attempted to take hold of since middle school.

Nonetheless, 2022 was a challenging year mentally and physically, yet the progress I experienced has given me hope. I am excited to move forward with the newfound confidence that God has and will continue to equip me for the future as I pursue Him.

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