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I spent a couple hours yesterday going back through all the comments listing your one little words and the reasons/thoughts behind them. It's always so cool to see all these words listed together. I am working on a layout for my word this year and hope to share it next week.
Below, the words. If I accidentally missed yours please add a comment below and I will add it to the list (I am updating throughout the day). These words are beautiful and powerful and subtle and really can make a difference in your life. Cheers to 2010.
Abide
Abundance
Acceptance
Accomplish
Achieve
Act
Action
Active
Adore
Adventure
Alive
Angels
Appreciate
Attend
Authentic
Authenticity
Awaken
Aware
Awareness
Balance
Be
Beauty
Become
Begin
Believe
Beloved
Best
Better
Blessed
Blessings
Bliss
Blossom
Brave
Breathe
Brighten
Bring (It)
Build
Calm
Can
Capture
Celebrate
Challenge
Change
Charity
Cherish
Childhood
Childlike
Choice
Choose
Clarity
Clean
Comfortable
Commit
Commitment
Compassion
Complete
Completion
Composure
Confidence
Connect
Connection
Consistency
Consistent
Contentment
Control
Courage
Create
Dance
Decrease
Dedication
Deliberate
Delight
Details
Determination
Determined
Diligence
Discipline
Discover
Discovery
Do
Document
Domesticity
Downsize
Dream
Ease
Educate
Effort
Embark
Embrace
Encourage
Endeavor
Energy
Engage
Enjoy
Enlightenment
Enough
Equipped
Essential
Everyday
Excellence
Expand
Experience
Explore
Faith
Family
Fearless
Fearlessness
Find
Finished
Fire
Fit
Flexible
Flourish
Flow
Flower
Fly
Focus
Follow
Follow-Through
Forgive
Forgiveness
Forward
Free
Freedom
Fresh
Friendship
Fulfill
Fun
Future
Gajillion
Gather
Give
Glee
Go
Grace
Graceful Productivity
Gracious
Grateful
Gratitude
Grow
Growth
Habit
Handmade
Happiness
Harmony
Healing
Health
Healthy
Heart
Him
Home
Hope
Hopeful
Horizon
Humble
Humility
Illuminate
Imagine
Important
Improve
In
Indeed
Inspiration
Integrity
Intention
Intentional
Intentionality
Invest
Invigorate
Invite
Involved
Jesus
Journal
Journey
Joy
Joyful
Just Do It
Kindness
Laughter
Lead
Leap
Learn
Less
Letting Go
Lighter
Listen
Live
Look
Lose & Replace
Love
Loved
Lucky
Magic
Make
Manage
Marisa
Mastery
Maturity
Me
Mend
M.I.L.K.
Mindful
Mission
Model
Moment
Mommy
More
Move
Move Forward
Near
Neat
Nest
New
No Excuses
Now
Nurture
Observe
Open
Optimism
Order
Organization
Organize
Otheres
Overcome
Passion
Passion(ate)
Patience
Pause
Peace
Persevere
Persist
Persistent
Photography
Place
Play
Ponder
Positive
Positivity
Possibilities
Possibility
Potential
Practice
Pray
Precious
Prepare
Present
Preserve
Prioritize
Proactive
Productivity
Progress
Promise
Pull
Purge
Purpose
Quality
Quiet
Re-direct
Reach
Real
Really
Reclamation
Reconciliation
Reconnect
Record
Recreate
Rediscover
Reduce
Refine
Regain Control
Relationships
Relax
Relaxation
Release
Relish
Remember
Renew
Resilience
Resolve
Resource
Rest
Restoration
Restore
Rethink
Rhythm
Risk
Routines
Sail
Satisfaction
Save
Savor
Seek
Self
Self-Esteem
Serenity
Serve
Service
Share
Shed
Shelter
Shine
Shoot
Silence
Simplify
Slow
Smile
Sooner
Space
Spirit
Stability
Start
Steadfast
Steer
Story
Streamlined
Strength
Stretch
Strive
Stronger
Student
Study
Success
Sunshine
Surrender
Survive
Sustain
Tell
Thankful
Think
Thoughtful
Thrive
Time
Today
Today Matters
Together
Tone
Tranquility
Transform
Transformation
Transition
Treasure
Trust
Truth
Unclutter
Unfold
Unity
Vision
Vitality
Wellness
Whisper
Wholehearted
Wholeness
Will
Wisdom
Wonder
Words
Worth
Write
One of the big things I noticed as I read back through all the words
yesterday is that most people want to make some sort of change in their
lives such as a subtraction or an addition. You might be interested in checking out Leo Batuba's (Zen Habits) new blog about habits
called 6 Changes.
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What a wonderful and powerful image! My word for 2010 is lighter. Lighter physically and lighter in attitude and thoughts. That is how I want to be.
Decrease is my word for 2010. There are many things that I want to decrease this year and at the top of the list is decreasing the time between promptings and doings.
So AMAZING to see all the words together! Sorry I didn’t put my word on your blog, but blogged about it on mine… (and gave you credit
My word for this year is
OTHERS.
A,
this is just a short note to say that it KILLS me how creative and inspiring you are! I just had to say it, eventhough I’m sure you hear it all the time! You just seem like you have it so together, and everything you make is gorgeous! I strive to be creative everyday, and I encourage my 6 yr old son to create everday also. We have a ‘SCRAFT’ room (his word) and we spend most of our time together in there. He has total freedom, and I mean paint, glitter, glue…anything that won’t hurt him, because I want him to feel the freedom of expressing yourself. It is my dream to be able to do this full time, and maybe….just maybe someday it will happen. Me and my sister are both nurses, but we have a secret dream to open a little craft shop some day. We live in a small town in Arkansas, with nothing of the sort anywhere close.
My son, Nathan, makes the cutest things, and he loves to share the things he makes with others. We have a budget and have to be creative and buy many of our supplies at walmart, but that’s ok with us! I love going to craft stores, but always end up spending way too much, then feeling guilty bc I know it’s money I could be spending on my lil guy. My husband supports my hobby (passion), but does not really understand it.
The point of this letter is to say Thank You, for inspring, and making me believe that I can do it, too. I love your style, I love your cute lil family, and love you too for being someone to look up to. I will enjoy your work as long as you continue to share! You’re amazing!! Thanks again!
I didn’t see my word on the list… it is Resolve.
Very cool and inspiring!
My word is RECORD. I have really fallen away this year in getting everything recorded in terms of scrapbooking. So my plan is to get back on track with documenting the everyday and also memories. It is an important year with a new addition and so many things happening with our family.
Amazing! I love seeing my word in the mix, it gives it even more importance! Thanks for doing this.
My word is “release.” To release and let go all the things which no longer serves me. To purge negative thoughts, feelings, and emotions. I’m a young cancer survivor. I don’t want to live in fear and need to release fear, anger and uncertainty surrounding my diagnosis. To remind myself daily that I am in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing. Fully knowing that all is well in my world.
Hi ali,
This is not about your post here, although I did pick my word(s) for the year. Sometime back you listed acouple of onling system backups for the computer could you please repost that of maybe send it to me via email?? I am looking for just that service. Thank you
Carol Marsh
Coeur d’Alene, ID
marshnmt@msn.com
I didn’t see my word…RELATIONSHIPS. I love the wordle. I use it in my classroom and find it is a great way to motivate my kids. I may actually have them choose a word. Wow…that would be great! Thanks for the wonderful idea!
OH, so many comments again. well, i would have thought somebody chose my word as well, but it seems not. so here is mine: MINDFUL.
Forgot to add mine the other day — my word is SPRIRT. I am involved with a retreat team at my church and it just sort of came to me — but I was also thinking of ways to care for and feed my spirit, the spirit of others as well as the spirit of my actions.
My word is “COMFORTABLE”
Mozy is the one I was testing out – had to stop it because I had some other issues with my computer. Need to try it again. A lot of people also recommended Carbonite.
Updated to here.
My word for this year will be: Observe. It’s something I don’t do well enough and something I need to be able to do to tell stories that are interesting.
Thanks Ali.
Cindy
Found my word…Balance. Being a single mom of two amazing boys, working full-time, keeping up with friendships and finding the “ME” time…I am determined to find the Balance in my life to fit this all in.
I love Wordle. With money being super tight, I used the website to make some amazing Christmas gifts for my 10 nieces and nephews. With the help of my boys, we came up with lists describing each cousin (got a little input from the cousin’s respective parents as well). I typed the lists into the website, saved the images as pdfs. I then pulled the pdf apart to make 3 separate layers. making sure I didn’t repeat any words between layers Printed the top two layers on transparencies and the bottom one on paper. Stacked the layers in a frame with foam spacers separating them. It created a really cool 3D art piece that each child (ages 10-15) loved.
Thank you for inspiring me.
I posted last week that my word for 2010 would be change. But the more I thought about it, I think a better word for me will be ‘Transition’. That isn’t on your list but transform and transformation are. They are similiar but not exactly the same. Transition seems to have a more positive appeal than change does. I looked up the definition of transition and it fits perfectly for me for 2010.
Mastery. As in Self Mastery. That’s for me.
My word is LISTEN: I need to listen to my husband when we are just talking. With almost 40 years of marriage I think I need to just listen to him. Not to obey what he is saying just listen when we are just talking. My Mom has lived with us for 5 years and at times it is very hard to be a wife, daughter, mother. I love being a grandmother.
By reading your blog I am learning to write my thoughts down and what to get busy getting scrapebooks done for my 4 grandchildren.
Best to you and your family in 2010.
My word for 2010 is “Domesticity”.
My word for 2010 is NEAT as in neat and organized. One of my goals for 2010 is clear out the clutter from my life and home. I want to re-organize my house and life a neat life.
What a great list. I still have last years. I love all these great words.
thank you ali! you just gave us another reason to be inspired by our little word.
Hi Ali, love the Wordle image. My word for 2010 is reconnect
Thanks for all that you do!
I love to see all the words! AWESOME
My word is RECONCILIATION. It’s been a rough year for my siblings and I and we’ve been working on forgiveness this past year. I’m hoping 2010 will be a year of reconcilation with some relationships that have been torn apart.
Shelter is my word.
Ali~
I appreciate your post on this.
I have chosen the word – Steadfast.
It has taken awhile to decide…but I think this is it.
Blessings on you as you tell your story,
Dawn @ (4:53 am)
I love seeing all of these powerful words together! If that doesn’t make a change in the universe, I don’t know what will! I want to live more by my one little word this year and have started to take action to claim the {QUIET} in my life!
Thanks for blogging and helping me in the right direction!
Marlies
My word is TONE……Tone is something I am constantly working on. The tone of my voice when I feel impatient inside….the tone of my voice when I am upset……Also, I want to work harder on the tone of my body. Giving time to the importance of taking care of my health and well being (as well as looking better:). My word is TONE!!
I’ve wanted to jot down some thoughts on my little word “flow” since January 1 – this finally gave me the kick I needed
I just printed out the wordle image, marked my word with a circle, wrote down some lines, stamped today’s date in a corner and stuck it to my wall. Thanks!
my word is EDUCATE … is the moment of my young son from 11.5 months to lead him to life. congratulations. love . grey
FUTURE.
I’m not sure if you missed mine or if I forgot to write a comment. Anyway my word is COMPOSURE. I’ve almost got my layout done. Thanks for all your inspiration!
Thank you.
I love reading these lists of words, they are powerful.
I didn’t see my word on your list: PLAN.
My word for this year is Invest. I want to invest more time with God, my husband, my children, and my church instead of outside distractions.
Hi Ali! Please add my one little word for 2010 – SHED. As in shed some weight, shed the clutter around me, and shed the habits I have that are keeping me from being the best person I can be. Thanks Ali! You ROCK!!
Ali, it’s SO fun to see everyone’s words. I have been loving this one word for the year because it is providing excellent conversations between my hubby and I!
My word is Lucky. That is a really cool idea for spinning the words together like that. Twenty years from now we can all make a collage of our own words
I love the word art Ali. What an inspiring list in itself! Have already embarked on making some small changes in my life and am loving the difference in my thoughts and ideas already. As Gandhi said “You need to be the change you want to see in the world”. It really is true. In order to change what I see around me, I need to change myself…Love it! Will pop over to that website and have a stickie too. Thanks Ali.
Hi Ali! Me again….I have a question I’ve been wanting to ask you so I figured here was the best place…Many times you link to items (i.e. the two books about story) on amazon.com. If I use those links to then purchase the items do you benefit from that purchase in any way? I ask because sometimes I do not have a preference where my purchases are made – amazon.com or bn.com – and if I can make purchases that contribute to your “empire” I’m more than happy to do so. (Also hoping you do not find this question offensive) Thanks Ali!
Hey Ali, my word is FIND. Seek and you will FIND. So I’m trying to FIND Jesus and myself.
this is big fun, thank you for the inspiration…
i read the list and since i did not see my word for 2010 already listed, i though i’d share…
it is EQUIPPED. 2 Timothy 3:16-17
I can never seem to choose just one word! My phrase for the year is going to be “No Excuses!” Primarily, no more excuses to stop me from being the person I want to be, doing the things I know I should do, and living the life I am meant to live.
This is really cool! Very interesting to see all those words and I am impressed by the depth and heart that I see in them. I think the majority of the words could actually apply in my life as well.
How sick is it that I looked for my word in your collage and felt giddy when I found it?! I’m such a spazz….
I see the word I started with – energy – but not the word I ended up going with – self-esteem – something I have nothing up and hope to have to healthy levels by the end of 2010 by doing daily exercises to work on my self-esteem.
Hey – you got my word, “less,” but not sure it should be right next to “give” as my intent is to waste and spend less so I can give MORE! — lol!!!