Word for 2010: FOCUS

Instead of setting a bunch of resolutions for the New Year, I'm going to try to concentrate on one guiding word for 2010 and the word I've selected is FOCUS. I constantly feel pulled in too many directions and distracted by mental and material clutter. Consequently, I feel ineffectual and unfulfilled creatively. I want to focus on only the most important things to me and clear out all the junk keeping me from moving forward towards a healthier existence. I am extremely blessed with a great family and have a rich and abundant life, but I need to be giving back more. I have to figure it all out (or maybe I don't...and that is the secret). Whatever the case, I have to meditate...slow down...and focus. (And not be a chicken.)

fo⋅cus  /ˈfoʊkəs/ [foh-kuhs] 

–noun
1. a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
2. Physics. a point at which rays of light, heat, or other radiation, meet after being refracted or reflected.
3. Optics.
a. the focal point of a lens.
b. the focal length of a lens.
c. the clear and sharply defined condition of an image.
d. the position of a viewed object or the adjustment of an optical device necessary to produce a clear image: in focus; out of focus.
4. Geometry. (of a conic section) a point having the property that the distances from any point on a curve to it and to a fixed line have a constant ratio for all points on the curve.
5. Geology. the point of origin of an earthquake.
6. Pathology. the primary center from which a disease develops or in which it localizes.
–verb (used with object)
7. to bring to a focus or into focus: to focus the lens of a camera.
8. to concentrate: to focus one's thoughts.
–verb (used without object)
9. to become focused.
Origin: 1635–45; > L: fireplace, hearth

Synonyms:

1. center, heart, core, nucleus.
Dictionary.com Unabridged. Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.