{"id":773,"date":"2016-01-03T10:07:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T18:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/?p=773"},"modified":"2016-01-03T20:55:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T04:55:30","slug":"submit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/submit\/","title":{"rendered":"Submit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago I started selecting a word as my theme for the year, rather than doing resolutions (which are fraught for many reasons that most of you know). I like to choose verbs, because they remind me to take action. I like to treat the word like a mantra or meditation focus. It&#8217;s something I can return to, again and again, without labeling myself as a failure. Our attention wanders. It&#8217;s natural.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jillbertini\/4740093001\/in\/photolist-bL55yt-b877Yt-b877FV-b877Dx-oPWKjg-oPVUee-gJXr9E-gFCgeq-gC1GyT-f3eiUv-bFGnGK-bsMvBS-bscenL-bf48ba-aQyX42-bsMzTb-aUxNZc-6cUhbR-4Cr9Xz-qE99nD-7NgPod-7NcQpX-7NgPij-7NgP4q-617wu1-617wsb-ri4oVq-7NcR4k-7NgPXb-7AHLJR-6cYqnL-4Cra3g-4Cr9S8-4CvqqW-mpox6Q-mpnmX4-dKFZbV-bxanEf-dKFYTt-6bc3hF-oAKKn4-mLo2Yq-p7auxz-4Dvc4H-rY3C4J-8dSdvp-sKEfHV-oDEgGF-nZX9ou-4Cra68\" title=\"century plant with bloom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4121\/4740093001_a987167542.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"century plant with bloom\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For 2014 the word was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/return\/\">return<\/a>. For 2015, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/do-try-do-be-do-be-do\/\">try<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>I was thinking last week what I wanted it to be for 2016. I was listening to The Moth podcast, and Dan Kennedy shared some resolutions that listeners felt were particularly potent. One was, &#8220;fail more.&#8221; Given how much time I&#8217;ve spend pondering failure on this blog, I thought I would focus on that. <\/p>\n<p>So for 2016, the word is <strong>submit<\/strong>. I particularly like Merriam-Webster&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/submit\">definition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>: to give (a document, proposal, piece of writing, etc.) to someone so that it can be considered or approved<\/p>\n<p>: to stop trying to fight or resist something : to agree to do or accept something that you have been resisting or opposing<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I like that there are multiple meanings. Amongst my writer friends, the first meaning will probably the one that comes to mind. And I like the second meaning: to stop resisting and give in. In this case, even though I know I want to write and be published, I resist it. In addition, I can bring the words from the last two years along. <strong>Return. Try. Submit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2016 is going to be about giving in even further to what I want. 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I like to choose verbs, because they remind me to take action. I like to treat the word like a mantra or meditation focus. 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