One Little Word 2013
One Little Word necklace from Lisa Leonard.
My word for 2013 is open.
Last year I had a great story about how my word came to me. This year it was more of a whisper and to be honest I'm not really sure what it means for me right now, or what it will end up meaning for me 12-months from now. And I'm okay with that.
Open is an attitude and an approach. It's a reminder to live wholeheartedly, to enter the ring, to live the length and the width. It's how I want to tackle this year.
I love that open is an action & a re-action. I can act with an open heart; I can re-act with an open heart.
I want to be open to it all - the amazing and the challenging. Wide open.
Are you considering selecting a word for yourself (or letting one find you)? There's no right or wrong. The main thing to remember is that this is your word. It's not for your child, parent, partner, spouse, sister, etc.
And what do you do with this one little word?
You live with it. You invite it into you life. You let it speak to you. You might even follow where it leads. There are so many possibilities.
I'd love to read what word you've chosen or are considering for 2013. In the comments feel free to simply leave your word as your comment or write a bit about why you are choosing this word. In a couple days I'll combine all the words into a single post - super inspiring to see all the words in one place.
If you’re new to the concept of One Little Word, you can read some of my previous posts here: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
One Little Word necklace from Liz Lamoreux. Use ONELITTLEWORD and receive 15% off through Jan 31.
ONE LITTLE WORD WORKSHOP
Registration is open for 2013 and you're invited to join the journey.
Each month you'll receive a prompt with a simple creative, writing, or photography project and a gentle reminder to check back in with your word. By the end of the year you'll have compiled the contents of an 8.5x11 album that documents, defines, celebrates and generally makes your word more visible. Workshop materials include printable elements, full-color PDF handouts, and video presentations.
People have been asking me if you have to be a scrapbooker for this class. My answer is no. Even though we are making an album it's really more of a journaling/record keeping/thinking/exploring project. I'm excited to see how people interpret the prompts and make them meaningful for their own lives.
This is not complicated and it's not time-consuming. It's simply a way we can come together to share our experience with our words throughout the course of the year.
The One Little Word classroom opens on January 1, 2013.
I have chose the word Cultivate, inspired by the Becky Higgins class; Project Real Life. I am using each of the 12 cards for each of the month and I am going to focus on each one for the month! I've been savoring this class for sometime now, I can't wait!
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One little word has served me well the last three years. I have tried out several words and when I gave my self time to think and to write, CREATE emerged! We are planning to create new uses for spaces in our home. In my work, I want to continue to create experiences for infants and toddlers, their caregivers and families. I want to create the experiences that I need and want for myself, my family and friends. I want to create running opportunities, consistent piano time, quilting and paper arts.
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My word is better. I actually had another word in mind for a few months, but over the last two days I realised that the refrain "I need to do better" was in my mind throughout most of 2012. I'm happy with where my 2012 word (action) got me this year, but I know that for 2013 I need to be better :)
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My word for 2013 is bloom, to be all I can be.
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My word for 2013 has chosen me and even though I wanted a different one, I just kept coming back to this one. My word for 2013 is SPIRIT. :) I think it will remind me to get in the spirit of daily living and also remember the fruits of the spirit. :)
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my word for 2013 is Challenge. I want to challenge myself to be the best me I can.
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My word is ENOUGH. I have enough, I AM enough, God provides enough. I was going to choose content because that is the place I want to live...in contentment but ENOUGH came to me and it seems like the right word for my journey into 2013. Going to register for your class and order my necklace from LL. Happy New Year!
I chose ENOUGH also! similar reasons!
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I have also changed my word as a new one has spoken to me loud and clear: ken
Knowledge, understanding or cognizance; mental perception
Range of sight or vision
A little obscure, but this is definitely the word for me.
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Wow Ali.
I was looking for a word...and all I could come up with was "let it go." I went looking for a synonym for it. Forgive was what came up. I have so much to forgive in my life...mainly in my marriage at this point. So close to going through what you are going through at this time. Sometimes staying together you figure out things that make you stronger and sometimes it just makes you BITTER. So I am trying to "let it go" But that is more than one word. So off to find it...the one word.
I am telling my husband about it as I always do and I was thinking the word Open...just to be Open to new things, open to forgiveness...open to all the things I never do...but it didn't feel right...Not my word after all. He says...how about Free...You can be the the free spirit you always were. Wow...FREE...as soon as I heard it come out of my mouth...it felt like I was going home. So Free is my word, brought tears to my eyes and made me feel like I am FREE... Free to try new things, free to give up a few things that aren't working for me. Free! Yes..my word is FREE.
I am excited about the workshop. I hope it will help me free the things that are begging to be let go. Free to create (I haven't created much in the last 2 years and I miss it).
Hoping to be finally FREE of the depression that has swallowed me for so long. I really do feel like I'm better...just not all the way back yet.
Free to laugh with my whole soul again...Free to fly to new lands and know if it doesn't work out, I did my very best to make it work.
Thank you for letting me explore and get to know myself again.
I am free!
Amazing how one little word can be so powerful and fulfilling.
As I was reading this I was reminded of a book that you might find helpful on your journey to freedom. It's "Bonds That Make us Free" by C. Terry Warner.
Thank you! I will look for it! :)
I really am intrigued by where Free will bring me this year!
Have a wonderful 2013.
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EMBRACE...because I need to embrace the changes that are happening in my life.
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"WORDS" ... more specifically, my word is "dabar", Hebrew for "word".
I have had a love/hate, liberating/wrestling/oppressing/empowering ... complicated relationship with words all my life. "Words" are my "love language", and ironically, my name is a derivative of "dabar". Spoken and written, words are powerful... In what is said and left unspoken something is either gained or lost.
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I love this idea. My one word is CREATE.
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my word is RENEW. I want to renew relationships, renew my outlook on life in general.
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2013 :: EMBRACE can't wait to see what the year has in store!!
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I am running with TRY as my OLW. I need to remind myself more that if you don't try you'll never know. x
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My word for 2012 was 'actualize'...and wow the possibilities were endless! I wrote to my co-blogger last week and said I'm ready to stop 'doing' and just BE.. And there it was my word for 2013: 'Be'.
Simple. Challenging. Inviting. ♥
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Mine is Dare.
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Ali, I've been picking and following One Little Word since the beginning; it has certainly taken us up and down! I didn't know what my 2013 word would be until I sat down to read your blog. But it always comes to me; a rush, a whisper, a feeling. My 2013 word is "count". Like "up" it has many facets, and is very personal on so many levels, which I will take the time to journal. "13" is a lucky number for me, but it often comes cloaked in wolves clothing. This year will count. Wishing you and your family blessings for the year to come! And I am glad you are open :)
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My word for 2013 is "Herz" (=heart).
For me it means love for myself, love for my family, doing things wholeheartedly, learn more about the heart chakra, doing some sports...
A whole potpourri, I know, but all important to me at the moment.
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My word is FREEDOM. It keeps yelling in my head (in caps) Freedom to live my life as I want. Under my own terms. It also fills me with a sense of responsibility thinking about the positive choices I need to make in my life to be truly free.
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My word is grief. I hope that in 2014 I will have a word that will be warm and happy because I was able to heal by traveling through my grief. This is my first time taking your class. It may sound crazy, but I look forward to completing the journey and to learning to live beyond my grief.
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My OLW for 2013 is onward
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I chose ENOUGH - I have ENOUGH, I am ENOUGH, God is ENOUGH for me, only eat ENOUGH, good ENOUGH, crazy ENOUGH, be brave ENOUGH. My life word is Blessed so it goes with it I am Blessed ENOUGH! I made a pinterest board for my word for the year to help inspire me!
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