My first post on this blog was about my One Word for 2018 and you can find it here. I talked about how my word for 2017 was conquer and my word for 2018 would be nourish. I didn't blog about my word for 2019 but it was evolve.
All good words.
All good intentions when I picked them to start off the year.
I love the thought behind choosing a word to represent your goals and your plans rather than a New Year's Resolution. I like the idea of being more intentional throughout the entire year and being able to encompass a number and variety of goals.
Writing a New Year's Resolution seems very small and narrow. Or too large and too vague.
Choosing one word feels more open to actual change. More open to follow through. More open to adaptation and flexibility as the year shifts and changes.
Twelve months is a long time, however. So much can change in a single year.
This year I want to be responsive to my year as it ebbs, flows, changes and spirals.
I've decided to choose One Word for each month of the year in 2020.
I am not going to choose the words ahead of time, meaning that I will not have all twelve months planned right now. I am going to choose January's word and focus on that for now.
I have started a list of possible words that I might want to use throughout the year. I've been looking on Instagram and Twitter to see what other people are choosing. I found a great resource from BookCampPD where educators are sharing their One Word using an image and in some cases their reasoning for choosing their word.
My current list contains these words:
Renew
Elevate
Amplify
Patience
Embrace
Moment
Intentions
Gratitude
Present
It's not twelve words yet and that's okay. I may not use some of these words and that's okay. I may repeat some of these words depending on how my year evolves and that's okay. I may choose more than one word for a month and that's okay.
I'm hoping planning to blog about my OneWordx12 each month as I choose them. I'm hoping that this will not only help me to blog more regularly but that my word choice will continue to be intentional as I strive to explain and defend my word choices.
I've created a list on my Google Keep with the following picture as a header. I will be tracking my ideas for future OneWordx12 there as I hear new words. Perhaps I will keep some notes about my thoughts prior to blogging. (My love for Google Keep could be an entire other blog post!)
My word for January is going to be...
I've chosen this for a number of reasons. First, the start of the year is always a time of renewal. It's a time when we set goals. It's a time when we look to the future. It's a time when we reflect and plan.
I have a number of habits I'd like to renew this year that I enjoyed in the past but due to life let them fall by the wayside.
For example, this is my first blog post since the beginning of October...
I'd like to focus more on eating healthy and exercising more consistently. Making this (and me) and priority. The girls are old enough now that I should be able to take time to do this during the day and they should be able to entertain themselves.
I love using my bullet journal as a creative outlet and as a way to plan and schedule my busy life. I've joined a Facebook group that is focusing on #100DaysofNotebooking (hosted by Michelle Haseltine @Mhaseltine on Twitter) and I'm hoping that this will inspire me to reflect more often, to write more often and to take time to express myself creatively- either through writing or doodling.
Do you choose One Word? Do you make New Year's Resolutions?
What are your goals for the new year and the new decade?
