One Little Word® 2020 | Less
Since 2006 I've been choosing a single word to focus on over the course the 12 months from January through December. I call it One Little Word®. It's a personal growth project that uses memory keeping as the vehicle to help us live with intention.
My past words have included:
- Play
- Peace
- Vitality
- Nurture
- Story
- Light
- Up
- Open
- Thrive
- Give
- Whole
- Connect
- Space
- Habit
For 2020 I'm going to focus on the word less.
Less is a word that has "almost" been my word for the last few years. I come back to it again and again in a variety of areas in my life so I'm excited to work with it this year and make it my focus. Less extra stuff. Less of what matters least + more of what matters most.
You're invited to join me in choosing word and working to make it visible in your own life in 2020.
SHARE YOUR WORD IN THE COMMENTS
I’d love to read what word you’ve chosen or are considering for 2020. In the comments feel free to simply leave your word as your comment or write a bit about why you are choosing this word. Next week I’ll combine all the words into a single post – it's become tradition and 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, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
JOIN ME IN MAKING OUR WORDS VISIBLE
Since 2011 I've been offering a One Little Word® online workshop that's goal is to help you stay connected to your word throughout the year. It's not complicated and it doesn't take a lot of time. Each month you receive an email reminder to head back to the classroom for some sort of creative prompt/writing reflection. As with most years, the majority of the prompts will be similar to last year as I find that I enjoy the process of doing the same prompts with different words each year - it's never the same. I record all new videos each year that include my personal reflections on the process with my new word.
You can read all the details about this workshop and sign up here. You can watch a video walkthrough of my past album projects here to get an idea of past prompts. Registration is $5 off until December 31, 2018. I've also created a selection of products to help you document your journey with your word - check those out here.
My wonderful little heart talisman in the photo at the top of this post is from Liz Lamoreux and is available on her site as part of her Pocket Talisman Collection.
My word this year is “vision”. I thought it would be fun to play with the whole 20/20 vision idea since we are entering 2020! Other related words will be, focus and insight.
This is my word too - exact same reasoning!
I’m thinking this will be my word also.
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Enough
I do enough
I am enough
I have enough
Exactly my thinking...and why “enough” picked me!
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Harmony
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Adjust
What a great word!!
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Explore! New state, new city, hobbies, career, what makes me happy, what I want/need to focus on in this season, etc. So many things to explore!
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Oh! Less was my word for 2018 - it was such a great word for me that I almost kept it for 2019 (I used SIMPLIFY for 2019). Less STUFF (yes! I started downsizing for retirement). Less Stress - finding peace thru yoga and meditation. Less TV (more reading).
It was a GREAT word for me! Congrats!
2020 will be FINISH for me.
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DAWN will be my 2020 word. Dawn of the new decade. It speaks of sunlight and fresh beginnings. I am a morning person so I want to go back to me (Lisa Dawn), quiet contemplation at sunrise, the darkest hour was just before dawn. A refreshing restart.
love this.
So good 🌟
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oh Ali!! LESS was my word for 2017. I can't tell you how transformative it was! It continues to do its work in me after 2 years. Thank you for gifting this commnunity with this practice ! I've been choosing a word since 2010 and it's been such a powerful exercise! My word for 2020 is Deep. Happy new year!!
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My word is GROWTH for next year. Love this practice.
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This year I am choosing the word BOLD “now I’ll be bold as well as well as strong”
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Super excited to be joining in for the first time this year.
My word is EMBRACE. Embracing the possibilities that come with change and uncertainty. Bring on 2020!
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Peace
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This year I have chosen 2 words...Big Picture. I need to look at life overall and not sweat the small stuff. I have been sitting with this word in the back of my mind for a few weeks now. It was suggested to me by my husband. He is always telling me to stop having tunnel vision and to look at the big picture. It is when I stop and ponder that, that the big picture is where my happiness lies. So I will be welcoming 2020 with the Big Picture in mind!
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PRACTICE
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My word for 2020 is LIGHT.
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{GRACE} was my OLW for 2019. I spent the year focused on “extending grace to others and embracing grace for myself”. For 2020, my word is {CHOOSE}. I am using a scripture verse (Joshua 24:15) as my guiding phrase...”Choose you this day whom you will serve” to help me make better choices in all aspects of my life. Excited to get started!!
I went with CHOICE. (Was deciding between choose and choice) - I hope we both love it!
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Light
Because I want to be the light, live lightly, spend lightly, be lighter, find light and let go of what's making me feel weighed down
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Love your word for 2020. You definitely need to do less! Mine is WONDER...as to look each day through lens of wonder. Also realize that 2020 has to do with vision....!
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My word for 2020 is possibility. I have a junior and a senior in high school and this past year I've struggled with viewing the idea of them leaving home and how that seems like a negative for me. I've been doing some of the work to turn that mindset around and I want to start focusing on the possibilities that the empty nest opens up for my husband and I.
I have one child out of the house and one as a junior in college so have been where u are. It is kind of a catch 22 bc ur happy they are making their own way but sad to see them leave. My heart is still working through this transition. So give yourself grace, and I’m ooking forward to hearing how this word works for u this year.
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Faith is my word. Looking forward to twenty-twenty.
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Purpose
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My word for 2020 is HABIT. I want to examine the habits I have and create new ones that help me get closer to my goals.
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My word for 2020 is SIMPLE. Time to find the simple way to do things, make things simple, look for simple ways to enjoy life day to day, to clean, to stay healthy. Stop overthinking and complicating things. More time for what's important by doing things simply.
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ACCEPT. "When you accept your limitations, you can go beyond them." -- Albert Einstein. Accept is not the same as resignation. It is active! It means to take it on. "So maybe the acceptance is the assignment: accept the terms of the life God gave you, accept what comes, accept the grace that comes with it, accept the limitations that are also the means by which you develop imagination and ingenuity and patience and humor and compassion. It's a large and exhilarating assignment..." --Marilyn McEntyre
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2020 OLW = Challenge
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