The BE Project – In a world where you can be anything…. What will you be?
Meet Jana – her word for the 2023 BE Project is Be-YOU-tiful
What word did you choose and why?
Be-YOU-tiful
I chose the word Be-YOU-tiful. You’re beautiful when you decide to be yourself. I am working on loving myself and treating myself the way I treat others. I want to handle situations in a way that is true to myself, regardless of what others may think about it. I aim to stop worrying about the opinions of others and to live authentically.
This year I’m focusing on the word be-you-tiful. It’s a bit of a play on words, but I believe that you are the most beautiful when you decide to be yourself. Authenticity feels hard for me because I’ve always been so concerned with what other people think. I don’t want to worry about that anymore, because ultimately, those opinions don’t matter. I want to love myself and treat myself with the same grace that I give so freely to others. I want to no longer be afraid to live authentically out loud, because there is a true beauty to handling situations in a way that is true to yourself.
I’m not entirely sure what this is going to look like for me at the end of the year, but I know that in supporting my own authenticity like I support the authenticity of everybody around me, I’ll be able to start celebrating the changes as they come. I’m open to the self-discovery, and this journey of self-love and of truly being myself.