Hello,
This week, in episode 408 of the Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast, my sister Elizabeth and I revealed our one-word themes for 2023.
In the past, I’ve often chosen very practical, straightforward themes such as “Infrastructure,” “Repurpose,” and “Delegate.” Elizabeth’s choices, by contrast, have often been more rich and multi-layered, with themes such as “Free Time,” “Lighter,” and “#6.” So, following her lead, for 2022, I chose “Salt,” a theme that turned out to have far more associations and applications than I expected. It’s one of my all-time favorites. (“Sugar cares only about itself, salt brings out the best in others.” Summer, Karl Ove Knausgaard)
For 2023, my one-word theme is “Wave.” It has so many layers of meaning for me—sound waves, light waves, waves of the sea, waving to people, adjusting to changing conditions…
To keep my theme uppermost in my mind, during one of my daily visits to the Met, I treated myself to a few items that feature Katsushika Hokusai’s beautiful Under the Wave off Kanagawa. I tacked the postcard to the bulletin board next to my desk, I put the pin on my backpack, and I plan to use the sketchbook to help me ride the wave as my new book comes out in the spring.
Onward,
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