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

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  1. Elaine says…
    01/05/2013

    My word for 2013 is DASH. I am focusing on the dash that is written between our year of birth and our year of death. The choices we make, how we live that 'dash' tells our story and I want to make my dash count.
    Thank you for giving us a chance to share and I wish everyone luck with their journey.
    Elaine

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  2. Susan Ringler says…
    01/06/2013

    My word this year is ORDER. It was born out of looking up the definition for chaos---what my life is now. The antonym is order, hence I chose to go with it this year. I think I am liking it.

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  3. Johanna says…
    01/06/2013

    My word for this year is MAKE. I wrote a tiny blog post about it, too: http://johannahoerrmann.de/en/make-my-one-little-word-for-2013/

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  4. creole wisdom says…
    01/06/2013

    I've wanted to do this for years and instead of a large list of goals/resolutions I'm going with OLW. Mine is up there already, authenticity.

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  5. JennyB says…
    01/06/2013

    It took me a while to choose a word this year but I have decided to focus on the word abide for 2013. I am learning that what God wants most from me is just to focus on abiding in Him---concentrating on being with Him instead of getting caught up with doing things for Him.

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  6. shemaine smiths says…
    01/06/2013

    My word is value. I have spent too much time not knowing what my worth is and I am choosing to value myself more in 2013.

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  7. Angie says…
    01/06/2013

    My word is FAMILY. With both of my boys now teenagers, I really want to focus on strengthening our bond as a family. I've made it a rule that I am not going to take on any projects that don't directly affect our family in a positive way this year and I'm eliminating those activities that keep us apart.

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  8. Bec Kilgore says…
    01/06/2013

    My word is Structure.

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    01/06/2013

    [...] led to a lot of reflection about 2012 and ideas for 2013.  Ali Edwards always recommends “one little word” for the year, and this year I am choosing “acceptance.”  For me, it means [...]

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    01/06/2013

    [...] new year.  A new word.  I’m participating in Ali Edwards One Little Word class.  I participated (using that term VERY loosely) in 2012 and 2011.  You can read about it [...]

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  12. One Little Word: Explained « I've Got the World on a String says…
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  13. Ali says…
    01/06/2013

    UPDATED TO HERE.

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  14. Noel Holly says…
    01/06/2013

    My word is Rest.

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  15. Janell says…
    01/06/2013

    My word is RESULTS!

    I always have a long, ambitious list of things I want to accomplish, and this year I want to see the results!

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  16. Leiah says…
    01/06/2013

    My word is almost on here... actually I think "unstruck" might be a typo of my word UNSTUCK :)

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  17. Mary Jaminski says…
    01/06/2013

    My word is Decide . . .

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  18. Taraleigh Gray says…
    01/06/2013

    My word for 2013 is True. I am so looking forward to another word, another year, and another adventure.

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  19. Jo-Ann says…
    01/06/2013

    my word this year is simplicty!

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  20. Darcy Childress says…
    01/06/2013

    Climb!

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  21. LisaMK says…
    01/06/2013

    My OLW for 2013 -- enlighten :)

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  22. melissa says…
    01/06/2013

    Hello, what a GREAT list... any chance you have a pdf or something of it... would make a great prompt, i sort of want to see if I can use every single word on the list throughout the year... how cool would that be?
    my word for the year is closure...

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  23. padni says…
    01/07/2013

    my one little word for 2013 is BELIEVE. :) Some sad things were happend on 2012 but I pushed myself to believe that good things happend everyday in my life^^

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  24. Lisa says…
    01/07/2013

    Yearn

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  25. Susan Cox says…
    01/07/2013

    My word is discernment. Wanting to see people and things in my life from God's perspective

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