One Little Word 2013

I am very late to this, but it took me a long time to come up with my one little word: humility. Probably unsurprising for someone who needs to embrace humility, my initial choice was "strong."

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[...] I am going to do the best I can. This year I also decided to participate in Ali Edward’s One Little Word Project. I even asked my second graders to pick a word that would inspire them for the year. I was amazed [...]

[...] you’ve ever heard of the One Little Word movement, a challenge made by blogger/scrapper Ali Edwards, then you know she picks one word every January to focus on over the year. The word can have a big [...]

In the past I have had the words JOURNEY which was great... and SPARKLE... also good. My OLW for this year is TRUST. Trust God in some sticky places where I am having trouble with that... trust that we will be brought through and there are other things coming. Trust my young adult children with their choices (and that they will adjust if things don't go right.) Trust myself with my choices... (and that I will be able to re-do/plan if need be, too!) Many situations exist right now that I can't imagine where they're going... TRUST is really good for this year! Faith for me is more global... trust is more intimate and immediate. Thank you for giving me this to think about!!

I am late. Can I post a word anyway?
Mine is "help"
Give it. Get it. Ask. Don't help. And so on.

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[...] Ali Edwards encourages her readers to choose One Little Word for the year.  The idea is to have that word drive you, encourage you, or call you to action…whatever you want it to do. You choose the word and there is no right or wrong here. Will you join me and choose a little word for 2013? I have goals and dreams that I am trying to achieve in 2013 {I wrote about them HERE & HERE}, so I was trying to think of a word that went along with them or would help me stay focused to achieve them…a word that described a character trait that I wanted to develop and a word that would also motivate me. Sometimes words don’t come to me when I want them to, but this one did: consistency. I want to strive forward consistently towards my goals. I tend to give up too easily. I need to create good habits and live by them. I can do this, friends!I decided to go further than just picking out a word. I have taken some time to write out my goals for several different areas of my life, and Jeff and I will be sitting down every week to draw out a game plan for taking action that next week, checking our progress from the week before, and making any needed adjustments. A great book to read on game planning and getting things done is The Twelve Week Year by Brian Moran {it’s also a quick & easy read!}. In addition to writing the 20 Questions for Reflecting on 2012 that I answered in THIS post, The Simple Mom also wrote a post called New Year, New Goals that has downloadable goal-setting questions for you. I am also ordering a necklace with “consistency” etched on it. I’m so excited to have a daily reminder of my word with me all the time. And I love a good excuse to buy something I already want…don’t tell Jeff! {Wink}All of this really ties right back into my upcoming God-Sized Dreams series. I’ll be starting the series on Tuesday, so please come back and take this exciting journey with me! Here are some pictures from our trip to see my family up in Minnesota.  Sisters + their favorite brother-in-law  This little planter might have been my first DIY project ever. Oh the memories… My little brother stealing the show. Charlie is one spoiled puppy. [...]

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[...] that I will focus on. The idea came from the amazing Ali Edwards and you can read more about it here. But basically the idea is to chose one word that sums up your goals for the year. It was be [...]

[...] the past few years, designer and blogger Ali Edwards has run a feature on her blog called One Little Word. Instead of creating a long list of resolutions each January, Ali simply chooses one word that she [...]

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[…] * This post is a response to the One Word prompts in the Reverb Remix. The One Little Word exercise is inspired by Ali Edwards. […]