The word I chose to represent how I live this year was “equilibrium”. At the back end of last year, I found myself continually pushing too hard on individual projects, to the detriment of all else (hello monotropism). Sewing dresses for parties on a deadline, learning D&D and writing adventures from scratch (!) at short notice, that sort of thing. I’d also started a new role at work that was using more of my brainpower, so it was all getting a bit much.
This year, I decided to allow myself to spread my efforts across my projects more thinly, in favour of a better balance. And I specifically chose the world “equilibrium” rather than “balance”, because you can balance a spoon on your nose, but that’s not a particularly sustainable way to live. “Equilibrium” is less precarious, and more self-correcting.