One little word.

Hi. I am a new fan but completely in love with your whole site!! I think want to choose "direction" as my word. I am so excited about this!! Thanks for the wonderful idea!!

Ohhhh!!!! I LOVE Lisa Leonard's jewelry!!!! I ordered the "Wish" necklace w/ my fave phrase....Live, Love, Laugh. It is Beautiful!!! I also got a small tag with my beloved cat's name on it. He died Apr 02, 2007....one week before my birthday. I miss him so much.
Check out Lisa Leonar's blog...It's The Little Things. Order some jewelry...give her some love! She is AMAZING!!!! =D

LOUELLA333--You need a prettier word for "purge" so you can put it on a necklace? That is so funny. My word was BUILD, and I didn't think that would go so well on a necklace, either. Another word for purge might be "cleanse" ROFL--probably not the best word on a necklace either.

it's decided: make. Can't get it out of my head today. those Lisa Leonard pendents are yummy.

LOUELLA333 - what about SIMPLIFY? That's on my short list of words for 2008. :)

My word is SLOW. This is something I have been thinking about and reading about for a couple of years....2008 is my year for ACTION
To get myself going, I made a layout with some of my goals/thoughts/reminders about a SLOW life:
http://ahafermann.typepad.com/my_thoughts_exactly_well_/2008/01/happy-new-year.html
The journaling reads:
*Slow = balanced
*In 2008, reclaim your time, reclaim you health, & take charge of the quality of your life.
*More energy, more efficiency & a better quality of life through slowing down
*Sometimes to be faster you have to slow down
*A slow, balanced approach = a happier, healthier, more productive life
*Take time to figure out what is really important; resist trying to pack as much as possible in the shortest amount of time
I am also keeping a journaling (a plain old store bought journal) to track my progress, write my thoughts, write inspirational words and quotes.
I am doing this....I am regaining control of my time and energy through slowing down!!
Thanks for the inspiration Ali!!

I made a painting.
http://www.messycanvas.com/2008/01/painting-free.html
Thanks for encouraging us to keep ourselves reminded of our word. This will become exceedingly important the further away from January 1 we get. :)

to help me stick with my word "schedule" I am joining you and Donna Downey in doing a 365 project - just started today and put up a post & photo album on my blog to document it all.
Still deciding on what I want for a visual reminder - love the necklace you are ordering - I think that will be an awesome reminder!

Ali, thanks again for the inspiration. My word is AWARE. The dictionary meaning of the word is: having or showing realization, perception or knowledge; having knowledge of something; implies vigilance in observing or alertness in drawing inferences from what one experiences.
The is a list of some of the things I want to be aware of:
Aware of what makes me happy
Aware of what is important to me and my family
Aware of what I put into my mouth and how I treat my body
Aware of how I am feeling
Aware of the moment and living there
Aware of doing what I want to do and not what I think that I should do
Aware of the environment around me.
In 2008 I want to be AWARE.

I am in the process of making myself an inspiration board, so I will definitely be putting my word up on there. I also plan to do a layout about my word and I have written about it in my journal and on my blog. The more places I see it the better it is for me.
Hope you have a great weekend. :)

I mentioned in my other post that I have made a blog too.
http://kassjane.typepad.com/thecolourblog
plus there are going to be some visual reminders created for my home!

I'm going to make a necklace for myself ;)
http://studioseventeenjewelry.blogspot.com/
and i've started an art journal... i'm working on a canvas/memo board as well :)
looking forward to seeing all your ideas over the year!!

Well ALi, I have finally added my word to myy blog - better late than never ;-)
http://bp3.blogger.com/_v7E99KhGNZo/R363hQoGQDI/AAAAAAAAAeM/jC_3IHtkbnQ/s1600-h/DSC00923.JPG

My planner/journal from Memory Dock has a small place to slip a photo on the cover. When I received the planner last year for Christmas, I made a mini art journal page to fit in the spot. This year I will make one some sort of collage with my word, perspective.
Peace.

I love these ideas. I finally came up with my word today... EMBRACE.

Hey, Ali! Finally delurking again... ;) Thanks for the inspiration, as always!
I think my word is CHANGE. I had been so fearful of changes, but 2007 showed me change is good, and more, is essential to the human being. We cannot just be stuck - we have to move forward, experience new things, live life to the fullest, view things in a different way, be more tolerant to others (meaning: putting yourself in others' shoes), etc. This is what CHANGE means for me. I expect lots of changes for 2008.

I found your blog via Tim Holtz and will come visit often!!! I Love the word challenge:) just what I needed to spark my creative juices..
my best to you!!!
Bernie Berlin

Delurking for a minute...
A few of us in a critique group/COF group over at scrapbook.com are doing a challenge using our words. The challenge is to create something with our word that can hang on the wall...whether it be canvas, clock, altered letters, etc. but it has to hang on the wall so we can see it everyday! BTW my word is ACHIEVE.
Now back to lurking status!

Love the tips. I use a Franklin-Covey planner at work every day and am going to stick my word (perspective) on the little plastic page marker that I see multiple times each day.
I'm also considering doing a small weekly album (probably templated in Photoshop) where I can pull my picture-a-day and write a short paragraph about my perspective for that week.
Quick question--what font(s) did you use for your card?

Thanks for your inspiration Ali. This is my year to stick to a new way of living. Being positive and living in the NOW. I'm in the middle of making a collage of words to hang next to my computer.