One Little Word : 2010 Word List
Tags:
Image created via Wordle.
I spent a couple hours yesterday going back through all the comments listing your one little words and the reasons/thoughts behind them. It's always so cool to see all these words listed together. I am working on a layout for my word this year and hope to share it next week.
Below, the words. If I accidentally missed yours please add a comment below and I will add it to the list (I am updating throughout the day). These words are beautiful and powerful and subtle and really can make a difference in your life. Cheers to 2010.
Abide
Abundance
Acceptance
Accomplish
Achieve
Act
Action
Active
Adore
Adventure
Alive
Angels
Appreciate
Attend
Authentic
Authenticity
Awaken
Aware
Awareness
Balance
Be
Beauty
Become
Begin
Believe
Beloved
Best
Better
Blessed
Blessings
Bliss
Blossom
Brave
Breathe
Brighten
Bring (It)
Build
Calm
Can
Capture
Celebrate
Challenge
Change
Charity
Cherish
Childhood
Childlike
Choice
Choose
Clarity
Clean
Comfortable
Commit
Commitment
Compassion
Complete
Completion
Composure
Confidence
Connect
Connection
Consistency
Consistent
Contentment
Control
Courage
Create
Dance
Decrease
Dedication
Deliberate
Delight
Details
Determination
Determined
Diligence
Discipline
Discover
Discovery
Do
Document
Domesticity
Downsize
Dream
Ease
Educate
Effort
Embark
Embrace
Encourage
Endeavor
Energy
Engage
Enjoy
Enlightenment
Enough
Equipped
Essential
Everyday
Excellence
Expand
Experience
Explore
Faith
Family
Fearless
Fearlessness
Find
Finished
Fire
Fit
Flexible
Flourish
Flow
Flower
Fly
Focus
Follow
Follow-Through
Forgive
Forgiveness
Forward
Free
Freedom
Fresh
Friendship
Fulfill
Fun
Future
Gajillion
Gather
Give
Glee
Go
Grace
Graceful Productivity
Gracious
Grateful
Gratitude
Grow
Growth
Habit
Handmade
Happiness
Harmony
Healing
Health
Healthy
Heart
Him
Home
Hope
Hopeful
Horizon
Humble
Humility
Illuminate
Imagine
Important
Improve
In
Indeed
Inspiration
Integrity
Intention
Intentional
Intentionality
Invest
Invigorate
Invite
Involved
Jesus
Journal
Journey
Joy
Joyful
Just Do It
Kindness
Laughter
Lead
Leap
Learn
Less
Letting Go
Lighter
Listen
Live
Look
Lose & Replace
Love
Loved
Lucky
Magic
Make
Manage
Marisa
Mastery
Maturity
Me
Mend
M.I.L.K.
Mindful
Mission
Model
Moment
Mommy
More
Move
Move Forward
Near
Neat
Nest
New
No Excuses
Now
Nurture
Observe
Open
Optimism
Order
Organization
Organize
Otheres
Overcome
Passion
Passion(ate)
Patience
Pause
Peace
Persevere
Persist
Persistent
Photography
Place
Play
Ponder
Positive
Positivity
Possibilities
Possibility
Potential
Practice
Pray
Precious
Prepare
Present
Preserve
Prioritize
Proactive
Productivity
Progress
Promise
Pull
Purge
Purpose
Quality
Quiet
Re-direct
Reach
Real
Really
Reclamation
Reconciliation
Reconnect
Record
Recreate
Rediscover
Reduce
Refine
Regain Control
Relationships
Relax
Relaxation
Release
Relish
Remember
Renew
Resilience
Resolve
Resource
Rest
Restoration
Restore
Rethink
Rhythm
Risk
Routines
Sail
Satisfaction
Save
Savor
Seek
Self
Self-Esteem
Serenity
Serve
Service
Share
Shed
Shelter
Shine
Shoot
Silence
Simplify
Slow
Smile
Sooner
Space
Spirit
Stability
Start
Steadfast
Steer
Story
Streamlined
Strength
Stretch
Strive
Stronger
Student
Study
Success
Sunshine
Surrender
Survive
Sustain
Tell
Thankful
Think
Thoughtful
Thrive
Time
Today
Today Matters
Together
Tone
Tranquility
Transform
Transformation
Transition
Treasure
Trust
Truth
Unclutter
Unfold
Unity
Vision
Vitality
Wellness
Whisper
Wholehearted
Wholeness
Will
Wisdom
Wonder
Words
Worth
Write
One of the big things I noticed as I read back through all the words
yesterday is that most people want to make some sort of change in their
lives such as a subtraction or an addition. You might be interested in checking out Leo Batuba's (Zen Habits) new blog about habits
called 6 Changes.

Comments
Sign in or sign up to comment.
177 comments
This is my first time picking one little word of the year, and it didn't come to me right away. But last night, I got my word! You can read about it here:
Unfold
I am loving reading along with what everyone has chosen!
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
G'Day, Just been introduced to your blog. WOW. One word that I thought was missing after reading a lot of the posts was "satisfaction". Your own comment states to me the "satisfaction" that you get from what you read/make/create etc. Looking forward to keeping up with your journey.
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
Mine for this year is "beloved". I have been struck with that word lately - that i am considered beloved by my Heavenly Father and also that i have so many to love and be loved by here on earth. Also, I just found out that my husband's name also means this. I just bought a set of letters spelling "beloved" to put up in our bedroom
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
My word was LOOK and didn't get in the list. I guess it got overLOOKed! :o)
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
Ali: I love the wordle. My words are purge and preserve...purge the old and preserve the new!
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
It's so inspiring to see all of the words together!!!
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
I'm doing this for the first time this year. I've been trying out a few words, adventure (that's me all the time tho)... me, to be able to focus on me more... they didn't seem to fit. Today I was reading a blog by Melody Ross. My life has been similar to hers and has left me grounded and just not feeling like myself. So, I'm going to borrow a word from her... FLY. It's a word that I've used before and it is very appropriate. I want to be able to fly again. There's a song by Amy Grant called I'm Gonna Fly.
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
Hi Ali, I love this. My word is... ease
It came to me and when I looked up the definition, it just seemed to fit. I hope you can add it to this amazing list. Many blessings to you in the new year, thanks for all you do to inspire so many!
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
It looks so cool! I would love ti use it as a background also on a layout!
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
My word and goal for 2010 is "Seek." As in "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteosness, and all these things will be added to you." It is so simple but so complex, and I want to Seek the personhood, the life, the family, the work that He created me for. Thanks for inspiring!
Blessings,
Nicole
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
I don't think I ever posted my word -- I chose SUNSHINE. :)
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
My word is not on the list yet: LEAD
I need to be more of a leader in my life, rather than a follower or a passenger along for the ride while other people drive.
Also I want to step up and be more of a leader in my community and family.
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
Hi Ali,
Im Vinna from Jakarta - Indonesia. Just want to tell you, I love your works of art and I learn a lot from you. Mine is commitment (it's in your list).
Looking forward for your STORY.
-vinna-
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
It's like breathing some fresh air...thanks for sharing these words to start the year!
I always believed in the power of the words and it is so true. Even more in our scrapbooks.
Again, thanks and best wishes for you and your sweet Family.
Lya
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
very cool. Thanks for doing this Ali.
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
My word in Practice! Layout soon to follow on blog! Love this amazing list! Just makes me feel warm inside. This is going to be an amazing year!
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
Thanks Ali,
My word is GO!
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
Thanks for putitng our words together. Interesting link, thanks for sharing.
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
Thanks for adding the word rest! I'm really excited about this and appreciate you for doing it!
Thanks again!
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.
My word - finally !! - is PRECIOUS. I really want this year to be about hings that are precious to me, or that should be more precious in the sense of where I spend my time. Like my DD, who I really struggle with as she is so demanding and I am, essentially, a very selfish person, my faith and my health. All of these are precious to me and do not get the attention they deserve.
Replies
Sign in or sign up to reply.