Organ Eyes
Do you pick a word of the year?
I don’t.
But I did.
I have a word of my life.
Change.
And I've always felt that pretty much covers it.
And if you are focused on change
How can you even pretend to pick a word
That will last all year.
A word of the year?
Redundant
And limiting.
Artificial.
And kind of corny.
And another decision to make.
When there are so. many. decisions.
And yet.
I have evidence
That attention and focus
Shifts physical reality.
Like the time I said I wanted more pink in my life
And woke up the next day with pink eye.
But then last year.
In fact one year ago today!
My book So You Need To Decide was published.
I'd obviously been thinking a lot about decision making.
So much so in fact
That I felt compelled to decide on a word of the year.
And then I just chose the obvious word.
Decide.
Ha ha.
And I have to say
It was kind of a miracle.
If you define miracle - as I do - as a shift in perspective.
I made some big decisions this year.
And got better at small one.
And I also got a chance to blab in lots of media
About decision making.
And my decisions especially about my genre busting show UnCabaret.
And the book itself.
Which is an original audiobook.
Have you listened yet?! If not, decide to!
"A potentially life changing treasure!" Variety
"Best comedy books of 2022" Vulture
Anyway, having started
What now felt like a helpful focusing habit
I decided to choose a word this year.
I had some sparkly contenders
And was kind of trying them on over the holidays.
Wasn’t sure there was one
I wanted to wear out of the dressing room.
Then January hit hard.
I lost my passport traveling
And couldn't immediately
Put my hands on my beth certificate.
That's a funny spellfuck - not correcting to birth)
I found it and have it now.
So no need for you to fret on my behalf.
But I started to think about
How I wanted
In fact was truly yearning for
A higher degree of organization.
And when I thought of this word
It became kind of neon lit.
The same way decide had
Before I wrote the book.
Uh oh.
Is organization my word?
No no no no no.
Yes I really resisted.
Organization just felt so boring.
And then I started to think about
How my full plate.
UnCab - plus The Infinite Creator
Plus my the new book and show.
Plus plus plus.
I am not going to be able to do it
Without being more organized
Than I am.
I’m facing google calendars.
Sigh.
And I'm working in an organization.
It's really not just me any more.
I can't push all the buttons
Have all the info.
And I'm not.
But I’m also not quite working within the reality as it is.
Creating an organization consciously.
But still.
It seemed
I don't know.
Kind of yuck.
And then I looked at the word.
And saw
Right there at the start.
Organ.
Organ!
Like organs in the body.
The actual stuff of life.
I was starting to see organization differently.
I was re organ eyes ing my thoughts.
And seeing things differently.
The miracle.
Turns out
Organ comes from a word meaning
That with which one works.
I do love work.
Started begging for homework in second grade.
That will keep the feelings at bay right?
Fine maybe I'm a workaholic.
Not going to try to change that.
Nope.
Plus the organs
That are music instruments.
Tools for making or doing.
And a word of the year is that.
A tool for making the year better.
So it's kind of meta.
Having the word organization.
Then I saw on the batch of connected words
Ergonomic, work, surgery, ergonomic...
And also orgy.
Hahaha.
And now organization is starting to feel
Exactly like the sparkly sexy word
I was looking for.
Plus I get to do a little decor work on the office.
To organize it.
What's your word?
If you’d like to organize your time this year
To be more creative
I might be perfect for you.
We can explore if we’re. good fit for one of the programs
In my Infinite Creator realm
Infinitely yours...
xx BL