I first discovered the Word of the Year in 2007 by Michelle, Kristi, and Lisa and was immediately inspired by the idea originated by Alli Edwards:
“A single word can be a powerful thing. It can be the ripple in the pond that changes everything. It can be sharp and biting or rich and soft and slow.”
So for today’s Talk To Me Tuesday I’d like to challenge you to pick a word that sums up what you want for yourself in 2010?
To encourage everyone to pick their word, I’m giving away prizes!! Three lucky winners will have their Word of the Year customized to one of these fabulous necklaces.
1. RHB Designs
3. Frostings
Simply leave your Word of the Year in the comments.
Feel free to leave your post link or video, if you’ve created one. Contest ends Jan. 11th.
Comments
Purpose-
I don’t want my days to just pass by- I want my time to be spent with purposeful, meaningful, thoughtful engagement… with my sons, my husband and myself.
Courage – The courage to believe in myself as an artist. To follow my dreams, quit my corporate job and embrace my artistic free spirit, and believe that my art will provide. Courage to embrace my Christian Ministry, overcome my fear of man and and stand up for what is right in the sight of God.
Simplifficient
(Simplify and efficient)
Made up my own word.
I need to simplify everything and be as efficient as I can with my time!!
promise.
Faith……..gotta have faith and give all my worries and problems to the Lord
wirefox1@cox.net
Balance.
patience
I know I am not the first to say it, but I am choosing FAITH as my word of the year. With all of the challenges and trials my family and I have faced these past few years, it is comforting to remember that we are not alone and blessings are often found in the middle of our most difficult moments.
GRACE
May I always live my life full of grace and be grateful for the blessings I have been given. May I always be full of grace in any situation life presents.
inspire.
Since my husband and I just found out we are expecting…. I will have to say, that the word for 2010 will be happiness!
My OLW is Stewardship. I made myself a piece of art yesterday that will remind me each day… It says, “How am I caring for what God has given me? Stewardship” I am looking forward to a year of good things!
Enjoy. I need to take more time to enjoy life & the beautiful things surrounding me. :) Just found your blog, love it!
My word is Hope. This year I want to look at my hopes and dreams and really start working towards them more diligently.
Simplify
Success-
I have been trying to get a crafting business started for awhile. I just wish everything would fall into place…
2010 here I come- full speed with determination
p.s. I love tipjunkie…
My word is:
Skidoosh
it has whatever meaning you want it too!
Together
I need to get it together
My husband and I need more time together
Our main goal in life is to be together with our family for eternity
We are all in this together
Thanks for this…it’s very inspiring!
Love.
Thanks for the chance to win!
my word for this year is SIMPLIFY. thanks for putting my name in the hat!
Lorene H
Joy- Find joy in the journey.
Believe. My word this year is believe b/c I want to believe more in myself and also believe that good things will happen and success will come to me this year in business, blogging, and family life.
Thanks for the chance to win!
My word is FOCUS! I want to use 2010 to focus on the things that really matter and let the rest go. I want to focus on my relationship with my husband, my role as a mom, my fitness and health, my desire to start my own party goods business, and most importantly my relationship/walk with Christ! Thanks so much for the opportunity to win and for your fabulous blog!
CONSISTENT
Love- I need to Love more in 2010.
Faith….definitely that!
EMBRACE!
My word for the year is choose
Organized.
FAMILY!
We suffered two miscarriages the past two years and Oct 28th our baby girl was born completeing our little family. This year we will start and continue family traditions, spend lots of time together as a family, and savoring every minute of our young family… my theme song will have to be You’re Gonna Miss this by Trace Akins!
FIRE! Meaning I want to keep a fire brewing inside of me. I want determination, passion, faith, charity, and much more. To do this, I need to keep my fire stoked and ready to go.
SELF….I’ve always been very hard on myself , trying to be “perfect” for everyone and make everyone happy, which has in turn caused so much internal and external stress on my me. I have finally realized while trying to make sure everyone else is happy , ironically, it has created so much pressure and stress on myself, and made me not so happy. And of course I want everyone to be happy but I have to make sure I am also taking care of mySELF.
happiness
Well mine is two words: live simply, if I had to use only one though it would be toss up between: simplify and try (as in try a little harder to be a little better).
My word is TRUST
in myself, in my family, in God and his plan for us.
Confidence – in all areas of my life especially in my photography :-).
Growth
Mine is funny because it is SO different from yours:
SIMPLIFY.
I, too, felt like last year was a tough year, but I feel like I am drowning in clutter and to-do’s. I want to simplify…
I resolved at the end of 2009 to choose a word for 2010. The word I will focus and concentrate my efforts around is “DO”. I don’t know where it will lead, but I feel strengthened as I take this step to commit myself to the process of DOing. This year I want to DO those activities that will bring me closer to my God, to my spouse, to my children. I want to be a DOer of good deeds. I want to DO those things necessary to feed my soul, develop my talents, strengthen my body, and improve my mind. I want to stop being afraid of failure and DO that which is necessary and essential to achieve and realize my potential.
PATIENCE ~ This year I’m going to focus on being patient. We aren’t promised tomorrow and if we spend our TODAYS on TOMORROW’s troubles we will be left with a lot of regret and unhappiness. Here’s to a wonderful new year and a blessed 2010! :)
My word is “BELIEVE”. It is so important to believe in ourselves, but more important to believe in the Lord and the word that he sent for us. If we all believe what God has in store for us, we will all be better for it.
JOY-finding joy in everyday life, family, friends, faith and the mundane:)
Destiny
I chose the word “BREATHE”-not only will it come in handy when I go into labor with #4 but it will remind me to just relax and just enjoy the simple things of life. Enjoy the “present” more.
This one was a hard one for me. There are so many great words out there.
Here is my blog post about it.
http://allthingsmadebykelly.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-2010-word-of-year.html
The word I finally came up with is Happiness.
smiles…2009 was a rough year just getting through so many personal family struggles but through it all a smile is what brought us together. so in 2010 it’s all smiles and knowing that it’s going to be a better and stronger year. also just seeing my 2yr say smile while tilting her head is so adorable and no matter what it does make me smile!
Strengthen
Balance ~
Meaning level, even, consistant. Something my family had very little of in 2009.
My word is “Shimmy”
Reasons:
1 – I love to bellydance and the shimmy is an integral part of this.
2 – I want to shimmy my waist down (wittle my middle if you will)
3 – When life gets you down you just need to shimmy away the gray and dance in the sun or the rain
4 – When you are tired and can’t get motivated a good shimmy will get the blood flowing
5 – It is just a fun word and we all need a little (or a lot) of fun in each and every day
Enjoy your day and shimmy some love into the world!
My word is APPRECIATE.