The words.
Went through all the comments from the last few days tonight and collected all the words. Reading your words + your reasons were uplifting + inspiring. Thank you for sharing. If I missed your word leave a note in the comments section and I will add it to this list.
And there is always time to choose a word if you have not done so yet.
Updated Friday 1/11 @ 1:55pm
Abide
Absorb
Abundance
Accept
Accomplish
Achieve
Act
Action
Active
Adapt
Adventure
Adopt
Ahead
Am
Ambition
Appreciate
Artist
Aspire
Attitude
Authentic
Aware
Balance
Be
Beautify
Become
Begin
Beginnings
Behold
Believe
Bethink
Blaze
Blessed
Bliss
Blog
Bloom
Brave
Bravery
Breathe
Brighten
Build
Calm
Can
Capable
Capture
Celebrate
Challenge
Change
Cherish
Choices
Choose
Clarity
Clean
Colour
Comfortable
Commit
Compassion
Complete
Completion
Confiance (confidence)
Connect
Conquer
Consciously
Consistency
Content
Contentment
Continue
Control
Courage
Crafty
Create
Cultivate
Dance
Dare
Dare to bare
Decide
Debt-Free
Deeper
Deliberate
Deliberateness
Delight
Delight in the Lord...
Deliverance
Detachment
Detail
Determination
Determined
Develop
Diligent
Direction
Discipline
Discover
Do
Dreams
Dwell
Embrace
Encourage
Endure
Engage
Energy
Enjoy
Enough
Enrich
Enthusiasm
Escape
Evolve
Execution
Explore
Exuberant
Fabulous
Faith
Faithful
Favorite
Find
Finesse
Finish
Flexible
Flourish
Flow
Fly
Focus
Focus
Follow
Follow-Through
Forgiveness
Forward
Foundations
Free
Freedom
Fresh
Fulfill
Geek
Genuine
Give
Go
Good
Grace
Grateful
Gratitude
Green
Grow
Growth
Gumption
Happy
Harmonize
Harmony
Haven
Heal
Healthy
Heart
Home
Honesty
Honor
Hope
Humility
Imagination
Immersion
Implement
In Time
Initiative
Inspired
Integrate
Integrity
Intent
Intention
Intentional
Intimacy
Invest
Journey
Joy
Joyful
Just Do It
Kind
Kindness
KISS : keep it simple stupid
Know
Laugh
Learn
Less
Let Go
Light
Listen
Live
Live, Laugh, Love
Look
Love
Maintain
Make
Manage
Me
Memory
Mend
Mindfulness
Miracle
Moderation
Modernize
Moment
Moments
Momentum
More
Mother
Motivate
Move
No
No rules
Nourish
Now
Nurture
Objective
Observe
Offer
Off-Road
One
One-Less
Open
Opportunity
Optimism
Order
Organic
Organization
Others
Pace
Passion
Patience
Pause
Peace
Perseverance
Persistence
Perspective
Play
Positive
Possibilities
Potential
Practice
Prayer
Prayerful
Present
Prioritize
Produce
Productive
Progress
Protect
Pure
Purge
Purpose
Pursue
Quality
Quiet
Question
Random
Reach
Real
Rebuild
Recovery
Redesign
Rediscover
Reduce
Reflect
Reinvention
Rejuvenation
Relationship
Relax
Release
Remember
Renaissance
Renewal
Resilience
Resilient
Resolution
Resolve
Respect
Resplendent
Rest
Restore
Revive
Richness
Sabbatical
Satisfied
Savor
Schedule
See
Seek
Selah (holy pause)
Selective
Self
Self-Sufficient
Serendipity
Serenity
Service
Share to care
Significance
Simplicity
Simplify
Slow
Slow Down
Smile
Soul
Space
Spark
Sparkle
Spirit
Spontaneous
Sprout
Squash
Stability
Stand
Steadfast
Stillness
Story
Strength
Strive
Strong
Stronger
Succeed
Success
Sustain
Tangible
Teach
The Year of the Do
Thrive
Time
Today
Together
Tolerance
Transformation
Tranquility
Triskaidekaphobia
Triumph
True
Trust
Truth
Try
Understanding
Up
Vibrance
Vibrant
Visualize
Vitality
Wait
Warm
Wellness
Will
Wisdom
Wise
Witness
Yes
Zeal
Love to see all those words, all kinds of stuff is racing through my head now!! My word is DREAMS
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I guess I didn't post mine before! I posted on my blog the day I saw yours...
Mine is Spontaneous... I am such a take charge control freak who likes organization & lists ... Should be an interesting year!
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Great list! Ali, will you be coming out with a 2008 calendar similar to the 2007 one?!?
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Wisdom. In 2008 I want to look for wise people to learn from, and soak up as much of it as I can. To do this I think I will need to stay in the present and take the time to hush, look, and listen.
Thanks for the word list, Ali. Happy New Year!!
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WOW. Outstanding list. I'll be sure to check out this post NEXT year for inspiration on a new word. Thanks for consolidating and posting. I need to think of a good way to document putting my word, "modernize", into action.
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Wow, that's alot of words! Look how many people you are inspiring to seek a better us. Amazing.
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Scanning the list, I laughed out loud when I got to "triscadecaphobia." (I think it's supposed to be "triskaidekaphobia" - fear of the number 13.) Anyway, thanks for the laugh, whoever you are!
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Wowzers! That is quite a list and a great list to live by. Thanks for putting it all together for us Ali.
Sue
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My word for 2008 is productive
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I see my word is already on the list, but I wanted to share it with you and why.
Finally got it...here is why...it may sound silly when you first read it and it took me a while until I read it somewhere and knew that would be my word.
So this year I am going to "SPARKLE" That's right....Sparkle. And not that I am going to walk around with body glitter ( although I do love glitter)....but I am going to be the best I can be....I am going to reach goals I set for myself...take better care of myself....get in shape....make a name for myself....I will shine and i will be happy....Sparkle.
spar·kle : to be brilliant, lively, or vivacious.
This is the definition of Sparkle that I am going to follow. there are goals I have set in the scrapbooking industry and my daily life and I want to make sure I sparkle when it comes to achieving the goals. Plus it just makes me happy when I say it!!!!
I hope that will make sense to you...but as long as it makes sense to me...It is all good. Happy New Year
peace
Kim
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WOW!
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Thats awesome!! What a great list of words to look at and be inspired by!
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My word is others. I want to go make something possible...for someone else. I want to think more of others and be kinder to others.
Thanks so much for all of your inspiration, Ali! You've truly made a difference in my life.
Julie in Ohio
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My word for 2008 is "favorite". I'm going to focus on my favorite things this year, and get back in touch with what brings me joy.
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Amazing list, Wow, we can make a scrapbook just based on the words ,mine has to be "Conquer" is my purpose to master everything I put my mind and heart into, have a wonderful New Year Ali hugs,Rosa.
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Ali,
I am sure I am late in adding my word but I would like to if possible. My word for the year is two words but they are what I am striving for. This is the year I want to get my finances in order. So my word is "debt free" I am working with a finacial advisor and have a plan to be out from under 40+ thousand dollars worth of debt by Jan 1 2009.
Thank you for always inspiring me to try new things. I am currently doing the 365 challenge also.
Donna
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Ali,
That is quite a list of words and they are all wonderful there are so many words that I would love to use but I love my word and will try to live up to it
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I still haven't decided between two- one is on your list, but the second is not.
GRACE- I can be a sort of grab the bull by the horns, throw it to the ground, get in your face, let you know what I think kinda gal. I could benefit from some buffing around the edges. I know..
My second word is GEEK. I would love to be a geek- knowledgeable in all things technology, digital and computer oriented. I am taking a digital photo class in May; I would like to venture into digital scrapping; and maybe I could create a webpage for my business.....
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My word is Beautify--as in beautify my soul, my world, my home, etc. Love this idea--thanks!
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I didn't see my word, which is PASSION. Thanks for compiling this list.
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What a fabulous list! I bookmarked it for reference--I'm sure I'll be able to use them for more than one reason.
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My word isn't listed. INVEST. I'm not talking about money. Invest in my children by spending more quality time with them, teaching them. Invest in my marraige by connecting with my husband each day. Invest in myself by exercising and eating right.
Thanks for all the inspiration Ali!
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Thanks to the person that shared "ahead"..."in a forward direction" is exactly what I want to focus on this year. Happy 2008 everyone!
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what a wonderful list! WOW!
my word is "manage", i didn't see that one there. Obviously this word is going to (hopefully) change my life for the best. I have so much to manage in my life. Heres to a great start!
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Wow, what a list. There are some inspiring words and thoughts here. I'm going to start a small scrapbook with the word Faithful and document God's faithfulness to me and where God gave me stregth and wisdom to be faithful to all He's given me. Thanks for the inspiration.
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