One Little Word 2013 | The Words
Thank you so much for sharing your words in the comments of my first 2013 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 as it's totally possible we missed one or more were added before we developed the list. Last updated 1/6/13.
abandon
abide
abundance
accept
accomplish
accomplishment
achieve
act
action
active
actualize
adventure
aim
air
alive
allot
anticipate
anything
anyway
aproveitar
archive
art
aspire
assert
authenticity
author
aware
balance
be
become
becoming
begin
beginnings
believe
benvenuto
better
blessed
blessing
bliss
bloom
blossom
blossom
bold
boundaries
brave
breath
breathe
bright
build
cadence
calm
capture
captured
care
celebrate
center
challenge
chances
change
cherish
chill
choices
choose
clarify
clarity
class
clean
clear
closeness
color
commit
compete
complete
completed
completion
concept
confidence
confident
connect
conscious
consistent
content
control
corner
count
courage
crabby
craft
create
cultivate
curate
curiosity
daily
dare
declutter
deep
delight
design
detachment
determine
develop
devoted
different
diligence
direction
disciple
discover
distance
do
document
dream
drive
dulce
ease
effort
Embrace
endeavor
endurance
enduring
energizing
engaged
enjoy
enough
enthusiasm
essential
evolve
expand
experience
explore
faith
family
favor
fearless
feast
filled
finish
fit
flexible
flourish
flow
focus
forgiveness
forward
free
freedom
fresh
fruition
fulfill
fullfillment
fully
fun
generosity
gentle
gently
get
give
glow
go
good
grace
grateful
gratitude
grief
grow
grow
habiter
handmade
happen
happiness
happy
harmony
heal
healed
health
healthy
heart
herz
higher
home
hope
hopeful
humble
humor
illuminate
imperfect
improve
in
inhabit
inspire
integrity
intent
intention
intentional
intimate
invest
journal
journey
joy
joy -ful
jump
ken
kind
kind
kindle
laugh
leap
learning
less
light
lighter
listen
live
live
living
look
love
lovely
lucky
magic
magical
maintenant
make
manifesto
manner
margin
me
measles
mindful
mindfulness
mingle
miracle
moderation
moment
momentum
more
move
moxie
neat
nest
new
new
next
nourish
now
nurture
obedience
onward
open
order
organize
outside
ownership
pace
paramount
patience
patients
pause
peace
perceive
persevere
perspective
place
plan
play
pollyanna
positivity
powerful
practice
prayer
prepare
presence
present
press
prioritize
progress
proof
prosper
pure
purge
purposeful
pursue
push
quality
quest
reach
real
rebuild
reclaim
reconnect
recover
reduce
reflection
refreshed
rejoice
rejuvenate
rekindle
release
relinquish
remember
renew
resilience
resolve
respect
rest
restoration
revel
revive
revolution
rhythm
rise
risk
satisfied
save
savor
say
see
seek
select
self
sense
serve
shed
shift
shine
sideways
silent
simple
simplicity
simplify
smile
soar
song
source
space
sparkle
sparkle
speak
spirit
stand
start
stay
steadfast
steps
still
stillness
stop
story
straight
strength
strengthen
strive
strong
structure
sure
surrender
survive
taste
tend
testify
there
thrift
thrive
tidy
time
today
together
transform
transition
trust
truth
try
understand
unoffended
unstruck
unsubscribe
up
useful
value
view
vigor
virtue
vital
vitality
vivacious
wait
walk
wander
weight
welcome
whimsy
whole
wholeness
wish
wonderstruck
words
words
work
worthy
write
yes
zen
zip
My word is CHEER :) For feeling good and appreciating all the little things that make my life a blessed one. And, for being able to support my kids in their endeavours (hockey, dance & everything else). We've also started a cheer jar - where we note things that make us happy and put them in. On Dec 31, 2013, we'll sit down and read all about our amazing year of cheer :)
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My word is limitless!
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Hi Ali,
I did not initially respond to the OLW posts bc I had decided this year I would not do it. It wasn't working for me and I could not think of a word. Nothing meaningful came to me at all.
Now I have changed my mind. I wrote a whole (long) blog post on it if you want to read it. But my word is NURTURE.
It's funny, when you google images for "nurture yourself" you get a lot of yoga and bubble bath pics. But that is NOT the meaning I am ascribing to nurture. The short story is, a had a conversation last week that included this gem:
Everything that is good in life comes with an element of suffering.
It blew my mind. And we talked about NURTURING vs INDULGING. For me, I love to indulge myself by lazing around and doing other things that are fine in moderation, but have negative effects over time. Relaxing, eating whatever I want, reading a book instead of doing laundry, etc are not, for me "nurturing" activities. They are indulgent things.
Nurturing, in this sense, is doing things that take care of yourself and have positive long term effects (for some people that might include relaxing with a good book, just not for me). Nurturing is going to the gym. Nurturing is doing my laundry so I have clothes for work. Nurturing is saving money instead of blowing it.
There's more at my blog post but that is the gist, My word is NURTURE.
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My One Little Word, is actually a Big Word for me. It's time for a CHANGE in my life.
I'm not a big fan of change, but I just think it's about time for a change.
Thank you Ali, for opening my eyes to One Little Word.
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I retired 9/30. And love the idea of One Little Word as my life becomes my own after 68 years. After discarding invent, re-invent, and discover, I chose ADAPT, with Create a secondary word to accompany the project that comes along with OLW. I'm adapting the project too; I'm done with scheduling my life :) I will focus on one task each month, develop a page, and at the end of each month choose one word to summarize the month. I wish everyone happiness with your words.
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This year my word is BOUNCE. To me it means to BOUNCE back when things get me down, to get more active and to have more fun.
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My word is on the list - Steps. Last year my word was choices. I feel it was a word I didn't live up to as far as making wise choices - not in things like relationships but in the way I ate, my choices to stay active, keep busy etc. It overwhelmed me and made me feel like a failure. I'm not sorry I mad a one little word choice it taught me a lot. Thus steps. I learned I can't always just jump in. Sometimes we have to take steps toward our goals rather than the goal just be met instantaneously. I am looking forward to seeing my "steps" take me where I need to go in this new year.
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For most of December I was pretty sure my OLW would be YES. Late December however I had a feeling that my word should be ASK for 2013 Yesterday I became sure of it, so I decided that my main word would be ASK and I may use YES as a secondary word.
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Stretch
Stretch my body
Stretch my mind
Stretch my boundaries
Stretch my soul
Stretch my limits
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Positive
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Visible
Realizing that for much of my life I lived to be invisible.
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Such an empowering list!!! I love everyone's words. Mine word of the year is Glitter Filled!!!
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My word for the year is FOCUS! It took me a few weeks to nail down, but I'm finally happy!!! :)
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refine.
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My One Little Word this year is : PROSPERITY.
My husband and I have had some financial blockades this past year and prosperity was the perfect word for a new year!
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my word is "find"
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My word is SELFLESS. Already...I have been challenged to serve & move outside of self.
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My 2013 word is Possibilities.
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My word is amazing. I am going to look for it everyday. In the little things, in the big things, in the not-so-nice things, in myself.
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