One Little Word 2010

Mine is Serve. Lately I've been feeling quite resentful at the load I'm carrying and I want to change that.

My word for 2010 is RESTORE.
As the new year starts - my desire is that the chaos of my husband's health - the upset that riddles our sons - - the upside down of the house/home and the flat line of my scrapbooking business/hobby is RESTORED.
Happy Hew Year Ali and friends!

Organize.
Not just the physical aspects of my home, but the bigger aspects. Organize my beliefs by getting them on paper. Organize my day around a routine. Organize a book club, a family gathering, or a trip to see friends. Basically, it's about eradicating the chaos that has always ruled my life...and do something positive with the extra time I'll have when I'm not spending half an hour searching for something in a mess.

This will be my first year doing this, if I ultimately decide to do it, but the word I'm thinking of is CAPTURE. I guess you could say it found me; when I opened your blog page today, the first thing I noticed was "capture + create" in the header.
Being a senior in high school, I really want to capture the last few months of my high school career and summer before college. I don't want to miss a thing or forget anything that happens.

For the past few months I thought my word for 2010 would be Believe but it has changed to Journey - I want to get more from this every day journey in life by taking more photographs and detailing more of my thoughts and dreams in my journaling.

Hi Ali...I love your 2010 word. Mine is CHOICE. I realized very recently that how I feel, how I deal, how I live is based on CHOICEs. That my emotions, actions and reactions are all my CHOICE. One of my favorite quotes is "Happiness is a choice". And, my choices deeply affect all of the people that are important to me - including myself.
Happy Holidays!

After keeping the same word for 2 years(Conquer) I think I did just that, in so many ways I need now to give it all use.... a practical use so my word will be TRANSFORM

I have been thinking all month. Last year was simplicity, and I think I did well with the word.
This year is health. There are many levels to this for me, physical health, mental health, and more.

Hi Colleen...I was just reading through all of the comments and noticed that you and I picked the same word! Good luck with your CHOICES in 2010! :)

HOPE
gotta have it..can not live without it...

My words for last 3 years have been organize, focus and control.
While they were all good words, they have almost felt too stressful and serious in combination with my life LOL.
So this year instead of trying so hard to feel in charge of things (not that I won't still try to get control of life) I feel the need to remind myself and try hard to just relax and ENJOY life.
So for 2010 I am making it a point to ENJOY each day, ENJOY the smallest things, ENJOY the mess, ENJOY sitting in a bit of traffic, ENJOY just sitting down and having a nice conversation with a friend... even if my to do list is not getting done.. ENJOY my home and family... and every minute with my son. I plan to just ENJOY life.

My word for 2009 was LEARN and I think I did a pretty fair job living up to my expectations for that word.
For 2010, I have chosen the word PRIORITIZE. I recently re-read a talk given in our church a couple of years ago about choosing between the good, the better and the best. Each of us only has so many hours in every day and there are so many good ways to spend our time. I often ended up choosing the good or even the better...and realize later that I missed out on the best. By choosing to focus on prioritizing, I am looking forward to my life being filled with the best choices.

My word for 2010: SIMPLIFY.

My word for this year is Capture. I'm going to be doing Project 365 and I want to capture 2010 for my kids. :)

Last year my word was "be". We were in the midst of a long hard battle to gain custody of my precious nephew out of an abusive foster home. Our last name starts with b and his with e. With three kids within 3 years and he only being 5 months older than our oldest, I needed to be a lot of things to a lot of people. I needed to focus on what we would become as a whole. This year with a huge job change, finalizing guardianship, and a potential move in our near future, I had no idea how to put that into one word. Then I read a previous post. I hope she doesn't mind sharing her word because I'm choosing "nest". I refer to our 4 kids as "peeps" and love the image of creating that safe and cozy haven for my family during our times of drastic change.

Wow! I've read through the comments and they are all so very inspirational that I'm thinking my word is so mundane. However, it's something I really need to work on for 2010; both my SBing room and my office really need it. My word is ORGANIZE.

I was thinking about this last weekend. For 2010, I want to EXPLORE. I am looking foward to where that word will take me and my family.

FOCUS...
as a noun: an act of concentrating interest or activity on something.
and also
as a verb: pay particular attention to.
something that has been lacking in many aspects of my life for way too long...
focus on family
focus on me
focus on creating
focus on learning
focus on following through
focus on the wonderful little things of everyday and the big picture of what's to come
focus.

My word for 2010 is"Open" 2009 was a very emotional year and I think 2010 will be similar but I hope in a more positive way and I need to be OPEN to what God is saying and doing

What a great idea; I love hearing the "why" behind everyone's choice.
After a few minutes of contemplation, I selected "affirmation." I knew that I wanted something that was related to the new direction in which my life is headed, but not simple appreciation for it - I want something that will help it grow, nurture and support it, strengthen and enhance it. Affirmations of self and of those I love create an unshakable foundation if they're laid with care and regularity.