Happy New Year! It's the time of year to reflect and begin anew. Every year I make resolutions. Alas, I find that I'm quick to forget about them until the end of the year. Recently I've tried something new...picking a word of the year. I use this word to guide me throughout the year as I make decisions, face new challenges, and just go about living my best life.
But how does one pick a word of the year? Try these simple steps to get you started: First, reflect on the previous year. Make a list by asking yourself: What went well? What didn't go as planned? How can I learn from that? Second, think about your goals for the new year. Go ahead and make another list. Third, look at both lists to see if anything (a word or activity) stands out. Are there any similarities? Differences? What would you like to work on? Your word of the year should be something that you can come back to. It should inspire you to life your best life.
If you are still wondering about which word to pick, it's perfectly fine to choose two or three. To make things easier, check out the list below for some suggestions. Once you have chosen your word, then check out our tangled Word of the Year project. Have fun!
Suggested Words:
- Abundance
- Acceptance
- Accountable
- Action
- Adventure
- Align
- Authenticity
- Balance
- Beauty
- Begin
- Believe
- Bliss
- Bold
- Brave
- Calm
- Caring
- Celebrate
- Commit
- Community
- Compassion
- Confidence
- Creativity
- Delight
- Dream
- Education
- Elevate
- Empathy
- Energy
- Enjoy
- Enthusiasm
- Evolve
- Faith
- Family
- Focus
- Forgive
- Freedom
- Fun
- Generosity
- Grace
- Gratitude
- Growth
- Happiness
- Healing
- Health
- Hope
- Hospitality
- Humility
- Humor
- Integrity
- Joy
- Kindness
- Laugh
- Lead
- Learn
- Light
- Life
- Love
- Magic
- Mindfulness
- Momentum
- Nature
- Nurture
- Optimism
- Partnership
- Passion
- Peace
- Play
- Positivity
- Progress
- Relax
- Renew
- Responsible
- Self-care
- Self-love
- Shine
- Silly
- Simple
- Smile
- Start
- Strong
- Success
- Teach
- Thrive
- Today
- Transform
- Trust
- Try
- Unity
- Unique
- Value
- Vitality
- Vulnerability
- Wellness
- Wisdom
- Wonder
- Worth