One Little Word® 2014 | The List & The Reading Of The Words
One of the traditions I started a couple years back was to have my friend Liz Lamoreux record herself reading the words that people have left in the comments of my annual One Little Word® blog post.
She's back again this year and I'm super happy to have her.
Click below to hear her read the words (compiled from the list through Jan 2nd at 7pm):
You can hear her read the 2013 list here, the 2012 list here and the 2011 list here.
Liz is a dear friend, a wonderful retreat leader, and a jewelry designer. Check out her beautiful collection of soul mantras and other stories in her etsy shop. She made a bracelet for me this year (shown above) - love mixing it up for 2014.
Here are the words compiled from my blog post comments through yesterday:
accept
accomplish
act
action
adapt
advance
adventure
aim
allow
and
appreciate
appreciate
arena
attract
authentic
authenticity
balance
be
become
begin
believe
believe
believe
better
bliss
bold
brave
breathe
build
calm
capture
care
celebrate
center
centered
change
cherish
choice
choose
chosen
clarity
cleanse
clear
color
commitment
committ
compass
compassion
complete
confidence
connect
connections
content
control
core
courage
create
creation
cultivate
curate
dare
dare
decide
declutter
deeper
deliberate
direction
discipline
discover
do
drive
elevate
embrace
emerge
empower
endure
enjoy
enough
enrich
enthuse
equation
essence
evolve
explore
faith
farther
fearless
fierce
finish
fitness
flow
focus
focus
forward
foster
free
fresh
froeard
fun
gift
give
glorify
go
goodness
grace
gratitude
grit
grow
habit
happy
harmony
heal
healing
health
healthy
heart
hello
home
homemaker
hope
illuminate
influence
inspire
intention
intentional
invent
joy
kaleidoscopic
kind
kindness
lark
leap
learn
light
lighten
listen
live
live
look
love
magic
magnifique
make
margin
me
mindful
mindfullness
minimize
miracle
moment
more
motion
motivated
move
moxie
newness
next
nourish
onward
open
organize
patience
peace
plan
play
positive
power
pray
present
prevail
progress
promise
prosper
purge
pursue
quiet
radiant
reclaim
reduce
refresh
reimagine
relax
release
renew
responsibility
rest
restoration
reveal
roar
root
save
savor
see
seek
self
serendipity
serve
shape
shine
simple
simplify
smile
spark
sparkle
stable
stand
stewardship
still
stillness
stop
strength
strengthen
strive
strong
submit
surrender
sweet
tend
think
thrifty
thrive
time
today
transform
transition
treasure
true
trust
unafraid
underreact
unique
unwind
up
visible
vision
whole
wisdom
witness
word
work
yield
Registration is still open for my workshop One Little Word® (and will remain open throughout the year). The simple premise is to make your word more visible for you throughout the year with a single, focused creative prompt at the beginning of each month. Joining up is not a huge time commitment over the course of the year and you don’t have to be into scrapbooking to participate.
wow wee so awesome..
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My 9-year-old has decided to join me on this journey. At first, she was going to pick her own name, which I think is quite profound! Then she thought some more and decided on: "Selfie." Love!
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I'm a little late to the game, as it took me a while to narrow it down, but I've finally decided on CALM. And I think it's going to be a little harder than it sounds.
Here's my blog post on the subject: http://www.thebauerbunch.com/2014/01/one-little-word.html
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Reflect is going to be my word of focus for the 2014 year.
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My word is RELEASE.
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The bracelet idea is a great way to keep your word close by and in view. My word is EVERGREEN.
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Thanks so much for the chance to win. My word is flourish. It means to grow luxuriantly which is my wish for my granddaghters.
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My word is flourish.
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Great giveaway as usual! Thanks for the opportunity!!!
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My OLW this year is ADVENTURE... my life fell apart in 2013 and even though my kids and I have been through Hell, I'm choosing to start 2014 with a positive outlook. My only resolution this year was to say "yes" to anything that could be seen as an adventure. I'm hopeful that it will lead to a little fun, a little failure, a lot of living, and no regrets.
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I love this! My OLW is Strength, and my mantra is: do no harm, but take no shit!
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My OLW is ATTEND, attend to my family, attend to my projects, home, work and life in general! Thanks for the inspiration Ali!
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My One Little Word is BECOMING! What does that mean exactly? Well, I'm looking for methodologies/teachings that I can incorporate in my life to become the best parent, teacher, blogger, etc. that I can be--in other words, I'm looking for new concepts/ideas to improve in each of the roles I have taken on in my life.
Cynthia@ The Things You Can Read
http://thethingsyoucanread.blogspot.com
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2014 is PUSH for me.
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I always love hearing the words spoken out loud by Liz. It's really quite emotional for me to hear all the words that other people have chosen--what amazing stories are surely behind the reasons why those particular words will be lived with for a year.
Thank you for continuing that tradition!
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My word is Succeed
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My word is EASE. As in, ease into life, let things happen, breathe, be rather than force, push etc. Also, I think of EASE as reminding me to be easy on myself (and others).
Thanks for the list Ali. Lots of inspiration.
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Faith
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Hi Ali, I'm just wondering if Liz is going to do an updated reading of the words with the updated list?
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I finally decided on my word: IMPROVEMENT.
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[…] your one little word? don’t have one? check out the list of 2014 words on Ali’s […]
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This is my 7th year of OLW....I love everything about this concept! This year my word is FOCUS!!!
Here's my blog link sharing what FOCUS means for me in 2014
http://angelamoore.typepad.com/my_life/2013/12/2014-word-of-the-year-focus.html
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My word is WAIT. Because waiting is sometimes and for me all the time something that needs work. When you wait you are doing something. Something big.
Wait.
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My word is resilient.. And lots of it... A challenging/Interesting husband and a teenage son with multiple disabilities I love following your blogs so inspiring
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Try. I'm really getting so much out of this word this year to live a better, more fulfilled life and be a better person. And it's not even February!
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