One Little Word® 2020 | Less

{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!!

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

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....!

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.

Faith is my word. Looking forward to twenty-twenty.

Purpose

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.

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.

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

2020 OLW = Challenge

habit is my word. After my word this year which as commit I now want to attempt changing some habits I have and make new ones.

FAVOR

{Connect} mostly to people, but also to myself and my Higher Power.

Gratitude

I chose INVEST. I realized there were several areas of my life that I would like to see grow and flourish and the words that found me seemed too narrow, so I seek to actively invest in my health, my creativity, my relationships in 2020. This will be my first year taking the course and actively documenting. But this will be my 3rd or so year choosing a word. I'm so ready!

NOURISH

My OLW for 2020 is SIMPLIFY

I’m going with Habit this year. As you know, I’m in the restaurant business and that takes a lot of my time and energy - I don’t take a lot of time to take care of myself since the business demands a lot of me. So, since i’m getting older and it seems like i’m getting unhealthier by the year - too much stress and not a lot of self care - it’s time to try to focus on good habits to make me and life healthy. I’m going to use this word for other aspects of my life and stay connected to my past words :)

CLEAR similar to LESS but wanted to take it a step further. It arrived in November whilst clearing clutter and then a toxic narcissistic 'friendship'. It all felt so freeing and lighter and makes me want to explore it more.... and allow space for space and healthy supportive genuine connections.

My word is HABIT ... For much of December I was toying with consistent - consistent health choices such as wake up times, go to bed times, exercise, food choices; time for self care such as mindfulness, crafting and journalling. But I wanted a 'shorter' word, and it occurred to me that HABIT sums up what I would like to be consistent about. HABIT also sums up the things I would like to let go of - ie - BAD HABITs - not enough sleep, poor food choices, not making time for myself.