One Little Word 2009 & Giveaways

I've been thinking about this for a while, and my word for 2009 is going to be BALANCE - to find a better balance with my work, family time, and personal time. I need to find a rhythm and not feel as if there isn't time to just be.

My word is GIVE. Give more quality time to my children and husband. Give/donate more things to charity and those less fortunate than us. Give more of my scrapbook stash I am hoarding to those who will use them. Give more time to scrapbooking the important stuff. Give more to myself.
Thanks for the inspiration :)

Ali,
I like the idea of having a word for the New Year. As I want to find myself a new job in 2009 and I sometimes, well...only sometimes at night think, that I won´t find a new one (thoughts like: Why should anyone give me a job?) my personal word for 2009 is "affirmative".
I will find a new job, because I am good qualified and I am good in my job. And I will leave my current job, because on the long run it is not the right job for me. My 2009-word will keep me on track and I am looking forward to 2009!
Happy New Year to all of you and thank you, Ali, for your blog filled with creative inspirations.

My word for 2009 is COMMUNICATE: Express my thoughts and feelings - Communicate my happiness - Give to others - Communicate by creating.
Happy New Year Ali!

My word for 2009 is Organize. I know, not really all that soulful. More of a practical focus. But I know that clutter and chaos confound me and make me a little nuts, depleting my creative energy. Anyone else ever gone into apoplexy because you can't find that one photo or one piece of memorabilia to include on a page?
Yeah. That ends with 2009, and not just in the scrapbooking arena. I told my husband, "tie down anything you don't want me to throw away or rearrange!" : ) I'm on a mission, people.

Last week's sermon at church was all about peace. Do not worry, work on your relationship with God for God's peace, so my word is PEACE. I'm a worrier by nature and need to work on not worrying! :) Thanks for all your inspiration throughout the year. Good luck to you with the new baby, and good health to you four in 2009!

My word for 2009 is "flourish". This fits where I'm at in my life because I'm going back to college at 37 years old to pursue my dream of becoming a Kindergarten teacher. I'm teaching Sunday School (Kindergarten boys) for the first time ever and focus on keeping my friends motivated to do better for themselves in whatever situation they are in. I keep my mother (widowed two years ago) positive for the future and look for the best in everything. Best wishes to all for 2009.

I went back and forth on this one because everyone has such great words and reasons for using them. But I ended up picking the very first word that came to mind.
ENJOY
Because I am one of those people that loves planning, lists, organizing...then I find myself moving on to the next project without sitting back and enjoying what I accomplished. It also applies to all the other areas in my life - enjoy my time with my kids and all the things they do, enjoy my husband, enjoy my home (instead of seeing all the things I would change about it or hoping for a bigger one), enjoy my day to day.
Great idea - thanks for the inspiration

Happy New Year Ali!
Thank you for all the work you do to help me see how to embrace life. My word this year is EMBRACE!

my word for 2009 will be CULTIVATE
enrich situation; give special attention; nurture, take care of; To prepare (soil) for the planting and raising of crops; To promote and sustain the development of.
i am looking forward to cultivating a garden in the spring, growing vegetables to eat, starting my compost bin, cultivating new talents, new relationships, new skills!
i think 2009 will be a great year!

I never chosen a "word" before, but I think 2009 will be the year for me to SIMPLIFY. I need to bring different areas of my life down a notch to a more simple approach and simple solutions.

My word for 2009 is "new" (having recently come into existence; having been seen, used, or known for a short time; beginning as the resumption or repetition of a previous act or thing; made or become fresh)
I have also claimed a scripture to go with my word: "And the one sitting on the throne said, 'Look, I am making everything new!' And then he said to me, 'Write this down for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.' And he also said, 'It is finished! I am the Alpha and Omega-the Beginning and the End. To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life. All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings and I will be their God, and they will be my children." Rev 21:5-7 NLT

I'm so excited about "one word" this year! I was fascinated by this last year & after weeks of contemplating, last year's word was "Believe", Little did I know how much it would impact my world! This year, I'm still up in the air thinking that perhaps "Live" might be it, or possibly, "attention". . as in giving more to all areas of my life, specifically, family relationships which sadly, sometimes don't get enough attention.
Happy New Year!!

I see others have also chosen my word "LEARN" for 2009. Isn't it a fabulous word?? I think so, especially for the year in which I am turning 50! Until I decided to "learn 50 things in the year I turn 50" I was really not looking forward to the birthday until I found this word. Now I'm so excited!

I feel my word should be OBSERVE, most of the time I feel like I'm always the one doing the planning and executing that I don't to enjoy the little things, and this year I want to be the one observing. Observing my growing daughter, my 91 year old "Grama", my parents, husband, etc. etc.

Cool give away Ali! My word for 2009 is Simplify.... I want to simplify all aspects of my life, from my home to my work. This will help me remain clutter free and with that comes a feeling of freedom. So SIMPLIFY is my word for this year. Thanks for doing this again...love it.

I'm still trying to decide on a word. I really want to choose patience but I thought I could be more clever than that. But in reality that is what I need to work on most.

My word this year is COMPLETE. I can look at this word in two ways...I need to COMPLETE all these projects that I've started, and I have enough stuff, enough love, enough confidence to feel my life is COMPLETE. I feel like I'm getting more bang for my buck! One word, two meanings. Lets roll, 2009!

I must say I don't have a word yet. But I will have one before the 1st is over. I do have some intentions for 2009 - some are simple like learning to knit and learning more about digital scrapbooking. Others are more family oriented like doing more meal planning for my family and planning one night a week to be family night. I want my life to have purpose and focus and 2009 - hey, maybe I just came up with my word...

My word for 2009 is CREATE. This year I am going to CREATE my own opportunities. CREATE my own art. CREATE my own happiness.