One Little Word 2012 | The Words
Thank you so much for sharing your words in the comments of my first 2012 One Little Word post.
The comments, as always, are so uplifting and inspiring. If you don't see your word included below please leave it in the comments and I'm happy to add it to this list.
Here's the collected words for 2012 (updated 11pm Pacific on 1/2/11):
abide
abundance
accept
achieve
acknowledgment
act
action
active
adapt
adventure
ahead
alignment
anew
animate
anything
aperture
apologize
appreciate
aroha
art
artful
assuage
attention
attitude
authentic
awake
balance
bathroom
be
be
begin
behold
believe
better
bloom
blossom
body
bold
brave
bravery
breakthrough
breathe
bright
build
butterfly
calm
can
care
carpe diem
celebrate
challenge
change
changes
charge
cherish
choice
choose
clarity
clean
clear
closure
comfort
commit
commitment
complete
confidence
connect
conscientious
consistent
content
control
core
courage
create
cultivate
curious
dare
decide
dedication
deep
deeper
define
deliberate
delight
deserving
design
determination
develop
direction
discipline
discover
distance
do
document
dream
easy
economical
efficient
eliminate
embrace
emerge
empower
energy
engage
engender
enjoy
enough
equilibrium
everyday
evolve
exercise
exhilarate
expand
experience
explore
express
faith
faithful
faithfulness
family
fear
fearless
feel
find
finish
fit
float
flourish
flower
fly
focus
forge
forgiveness
fortify
forward
free
fresh
fulfill
fulfilled
future
generous
gentle
gift
give
glow
go
goal
grace
gracious
grateful
gratitude
gravity
grow
gumption
happiness
happy
harmony
heal
healthy
heart
hello
help
home
hope
hopeful
humble
ignite
illuminate
imagination
imagine
improve
in
inspire
integrity
intent
intention
intentional
intuition
invigorate
invite
involved
join
journey
joy
jump
kindness
kitchen-table
laugh
leap
learn
less
life
lift
light
lighten
limitless
listen
live
lose
love
loved
loving
loyalty
madness
magic
magnify
make
manage
me
melt
mind
mindful
mission
moderation
moment
money
more
move
nature
nest
new
nourish
now
nurture
occupy
one
open
order
ordinary
organic
organized
overcome
pace
passion
patience
pause
peace
perseverance
persevere
perspective
place
play
pleasure
polish
positive
positivity
possibilities
possibility
practice
praise
pray
prepare
preparation
present
preserve
pretty
pride
prioritize
progress
project
promise
proof
prosper
purpose
purposeful
pursue
push
quest
quiet
reach
ready
real
realistic
reason
receptive
reclaim
reconnect
reconstruction
record
redemption
redirect
rediscover
reduce
refine
refresh
rejuvenate
relationship
relax
release
release
relinquish
relish
remember
renew
resolve
rest
restore
resume
reverent
revitalize
rhythm
rise
sail
satisfied
savor
scarcity
scatterjoy
scrapbook
search
season
see
selective
self
self-control
selfless
serenite
serenity
service
share
shift
shine
simple
simplicity
simplify
smile
soar
solid
soul
sparkle
spirit
stand
start
steady
story
streamline
strength
stretch
strive
strong
stronger
sufficient
support
surrender
sweat
talk
tend
thankful
thanksgiving
thanksliving
think
thrive
time
together
tone
transcend
transform
transformation
travel
treasure
true
trust
truth
try
unclutter
uncomfortable
understanding
unencumbered
unity
unlock
up
uplift
value
variety
venture
view
vigor
visible
walk
well
well-being
wellness
whatever
whimsical
whole
wholehearted
wholeness
wisdom
within
wonder
work
worship
write
yes
yet
My word is FULFILL...I tend to come up with a lot of great plans, ideas, and projects that don't end up coming to fruition. This is my year to focus on a few great ideas and see them through to completion! Thanks for all of your inspiring comments, and to you Ali for creating this class...Happy New Year everyone!
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The word that keeps coming to me is "Curious". I am not sure why the word seems so right but I think it has to do with asking more questions, being more humble, deepening understanding, and seeking out more boldly the possibilities that come with being more open and curious about myself and the world around me.
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Great list! A few have me baffled, and I'd LOVE to know what is behind them:
aroha
bathroom
hokey-pokey
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Hi thank you for this wonderful idea! I started doing this about 4 years ago. It is an incredible way to focus on something important for the year. We (my husband and I )have decided on relationship. That is every kind of relationship! Thank you Ali
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Words updated to here.
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Thanks for the list Ali! It was inspiring to see all of the words together in one place! I feel that participating in this OLW will make 2012 BETTER for ALL of us!
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I have decided to stay with Possibilities for a second year!
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Some great words already! I'm not sure why, but I'm so excited about this year. My word is FLOURISH.
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I've picked words the past few years, but this year I'm really embracing it. My word for 2012 is WORK.
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Mine isn't on the list yet. It will be ANYTHING this year. I was contemplating a few words I liked and they all would fit. It can be anything, I thought, so 'anything' it will be. Imagine the possibilities! I can try anything, have an open mind to anything, don't limit myself, anything is possible!
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Mine just came to me today - ABIDE.
Thanks for putting them all up so we can encourage each other.
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Hi, Ali. Just wanted to share my art journal for 2012, with my word for the year in front. =)
http://pasigmom.blogspot.com/2012/01/random.html
Thanks so much for the inspiration!
*hugs*
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My word will be SAIL.
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Hi Everyone,
What a fabulous and varied list. My word is BRAVERY and 2012 is going to be my year of bravery.
Such an inspiring project. Thank you
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My word is "adapt". Having grown up in mild weathered western Oregon, and having a bit of transition in four years in Utah, I am thrown in this year to the winters of New England. Overcoming fears of driving in snow/black ice and adapting to the coldest temps I've ever known as well as adapting to rural rather than suburban life will be my goals of 2012. Already I'm adapting to temps: 20 degrees seems like a heat wave after below zero temps.
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for this year i have chosen the word focus. i see it is already on your list and that i should be original but it's a word that keeps coming up in my life all the time - i have the hardest time focusing!!! so this year i have taken on the task to focus - in life, photography, on myself for once, on a career.... - it just seems to speak - well scream - to me. also another one that i will have at the back of my mind is dare. i want to dare myself to take that extra step - to leap this year. i want to double-dog dare myself to do things that normally hold me back and that i think will make our life better. i want to dare myself to love more. to relax more. to accomplish more.
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What a powerful list of words! love seeing them! Have a great day everyone!
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What a great list. I really like unencumbered. That's the attitude I need to have this year!
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The word you ladies gave me at your story last summer ... BRAVE
am also going to keep my word from last year "prosper" close to me this year
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I love all the words mentioned, but for me my word is "hope." Hope for my son's healing, hope for my daughter to have a healthy baby & hope for me to have strength to face the challenge of caring for a quadraplegic son& finding time for myself!
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My word will be "anew"--I want to see things anew and have a chance at a fresh start in this new year.
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dedication
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My word is 'Balance' and I'm pleased to see I'm not alone in choosing that one! I need to balance my work and my family, address my bank balance a little more and take a look at those bathroom scales too - I love having a word for the year, its been such a positive and powerful thing in my life.
I LOVE your explanation of balance. Maybe balance will click with me? thank you.
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I'm going with Simplify.
I think I may have chosen that for a sub-2011 word too, but with our second baby arriving in a month...simplification in our house is needed.
What does this mean to me? To simplify our life, our home...to purge and value, to enjoy small moments, to not fret over things...to enjoy. :)
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I wanted to share my Word of the Year. First, my previous years' words were 2010 - Finish (as in finish things I start) and 2011 -tenacity. It took me an evening to decide on Prosper. I've been mulling on words for awhile and prosper feels right for me.
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