an end + a beginning + my word

My word for this year is 'potential.' I want to work hard at living up to my potential! I blogged about it here:
http://mthopeacademy.blogspot.com/2007/12/potential.html
Thank you so much for the idea and inspiration.

PURSUE based on 2 Timothy 2:22.
I DID THIS "ONE WORD" EXCERSICE WITH MY 2ND GRADE SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND IT WAS PERFECT. GREAT IDEA!

Hi Ali! My word is COURAGE!
http://kimberlywhitedesign.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-year-new-word.html
Kim

Happy New Year Ali and thank you for bringing "the word" up again this New Years.
While I am working towards resolutions and goals for this year, my word for the year has to be PEACE.
Peace in my everyday, peace in the world around me, peace with in our home and peace with in my family. With so much going on around me every day and so much ahead of me this coming year I need to feel more peace and share it with others as well. It might mean simplifiyng more, appreciating more, creating more, relaxing more...I will see where the journey takes me.

My word is create.
Create art, create memories, create scrapbook pages, create writing, create blog entries, create food, create comfortable and beautiful places within my home, create learning opportunities for myself and for my family (especially my children), create a wonderful life for me and for my family. I think the word create can guide and inspire me in every single aspect of my life.
Thanks for another year of inspiration !

I have been thinking about my word for this year for the past week and it all came down to one word....SIMPLIFY. (& I see it's popular!)
to simplify what we have, simplify what we bring into our home, simplify how we do things and simplify our time.
Last year i had fun with my word (play) and incorporated into our everyday and that's what this year will be too, to simplify our everyday....and enjoy it!
Thank you for your creative inspiration and happy new year to you and your family!
Carolyn in FL

My one word this year is:
ORGANIZATION
I feel like if I were more organized, and my house ran more smoothly, then I would have more time with my children, my husband, and my creative endeavors, such as scrapbooking. I wouldn't waste time finding shoes, or being late for work, or up so late cleaning that I wouldn't have time to scrapbook.
Jennie

Hi Ali,
I found your website from Tim's (Holtz that is). One word...just one? Wow...that's a lot harder than I thought it would be.
My one word will be: CREATE
1. to bring into existence
2. a) to invest with a new form, office, or rank
2. b) to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior
3. to produce through imaginative skill
I will CREATE a fun-filled craft studio.
I will CREATE organization systems that work for my family and me.
I will CREATE the way I want to live.
I will CREATE excitement about my business and in doing so CREATE new opportunities for my business to grow.
Thank you for sharing your one word with us and making us think of ours.

a big happy new year to you and your family! i hope this next year is a great one for all of you. not just great but suprerb. fantastic. i have been thinking about my word for this past week. a couple on my list are intentionally. and commit. we will see what i actually choose. i love your word. love it.

i participated last year and my word was 'live'. and looking back on the year, i was disappointed. i kind of let my word fall into the background.
this year is so full of change {new house, new job, new promotion for adam} that i think it is so important to keep that in check and really live.
so my word for this year is STRIVE.
strive to live.
strive to love.
strive to excel.
strive to maintain balance (and sanity).
strive to live for myself and each other.
strive to live my life.

Hi--Great idea. My word for 2008 is FOCUS. I fell that if I keep it in mind I can accomplish so many of the things I've set out to do.

My word is R-E-S-T =)
REST in Jesus love for me which is unchanging
REST instead of worrying which gets you nowhere
REST cause it inspires creativity
REST cause stress inhabits all forms of growth
REST gives fresh perspectives
*it's my 1st post in yr blog =) been reading it for 1 1/2 yrs now and decided that today is the best time to start my 1st post. Now that's what i call - New beginnings :) Thanks for being such an inspiration to me

SIMPLIFY. . .if there is a difficult way to so something - making an active choice NOT to go that route. . .LOL. honestly - simplifying my processes, my routines, my actions, my life - less stuff = more meaning, I hope.
happy new year!
Hillary

I posted yesterday morning on here and had yet to come up with my word. Well today I got it. TRUE.
So much to work with on the word TRUE. This is a good word for me.
I blogged about my word here.... http://lisalyn66.blogspot.com/
Lisa

My word this year is BALANCE.

Mine is simplify this year, it was my 2nd choice last year & I am totally ready for it to be word this year!

I am so glad to be able to share my word for 2008... It is something that was sadly lacking from 2007. That word is JOY and my best definition for it is INTENSE and especially ECSTATIC or EXULTANT HAPPINESS. I will work throughout this new year in manifesting this joy in my life and in my art. Reading Ali's Blog inspires me every day to be the best I can be and to see the world around me as a constant source of inspiration.
Happy New Year,
Alexandra
http://cr8ivehaven.blogspot.com

I love this idea. There are really so many words that could work, but I couldn't come up with just one, so I was looking through the comments and found one that really resonated with me, so I am going to share with Denise (Valrico FL): THRIVE {to grow vigorously : flourish : prosper : to progress toward or realize a goal despite or because of circumstances}. That is what I really want to work on this year.

PATIENCE
being a mommy to a special little girl requires a lot of it. I also need to have patience with Hayden as he begins to discover himself. I need to focus on that so that we can all grow as a family - together.
Happy New Year Ali!
love ya bunches - I hope you feel better soon.

oh and so I don't forget, 366 days this year - I am also doing a photo a day!! Hayden reminded me of that this morning!

My word is evolve. I want to evolve into an even harder worker. I want to achieve my goals.

Hi Ali --
Happy New Year! Thanks for all of your inspiration and ideas. I decided my word for 2008 will be FOCUS. I chose it because I very easily tend to lose focus. I start one activity, then remember another and off I go and oh yeah, I forgot to do this other thing. By putting that word in front of me, I beleive I will bring more organization and efficiency into my life and that of my family. Thanks again for the inspiration and all the great ideas. Feel better soon.

My one word for this year is FULFILL. I have many lifelong goals and some short term goals that I want to fulfill this year. I always seem to fear the unknown and therefore I don't act upon my desires or dreams. This year I will fulfill my desires and dreams. This a year of new beginnings for me.
My two main goals are 1) graduate with my B.A. and enter a master's program. 2) get my business up and going. My head is exploding with ideas so I need to act on them.

I was wondering if you'd be doing a 2008 calendar? I have your 07 one and, well, I need a new one!

I was wondering if you'd be doing a 2008 calendar? I have your 07 one and, well, I need a new one!