One Little Word® 2017 | The Reading Of The Words

One of the traditions that has been built over the last few years surrounding One Little Word® is the reading of the words by my friend Liz Lamoreux

This year she asked me if she could read the words out of order and I said, "Go for it! Let's mix it up.

If you are still pondering a word for yourself for 2017 I highly suggest you push play, close your eyes and listen. You might connect with a word you hadn't considered previously. Please note that Liz is reading from the list of words I compiled from my previous blog post (collected up to a certain point in the day yesterday). If we missed your word it was unintentional.

Listen to Liz read a list of the words here.

If you don't see your word listed below feel free to add your word to the comment section of this post: 

Accept

Accomplishment

Acknowledge

Action

Active

Actuate

Adventure

Alchemy

Align

Artist

Attention

Audacious

Authentic

Awaken

Awareness

Awesome

Balance

Be

Becoming

Begin

Believe

Belong

Brave

Bread

Breathe

Bring

Build

Calm

Calme

Care

Change

Cherish

Choose

Circle

Commit

Commitment

Compassion

Complete

Connect

Content

Courage

Courageous

Craft

Create

Cultivate

Curious

Dance

Delight

Desire

Develop

Discipline

Embrace

Engage

En marche

Enough

Exert

Explore

Faithful

Fascinate

Fill

Find

Flourish

Flow

Focus

Forty

Forward

Free

Fresh

Fun

Gather

Gift

Grace

Grateful

Gratitude

Grow

Growth

Habit

Happy

Harmony

Heal

Health

Heart

Home

Hope

Hygge

I am

Imperfect

Invest

Invigorate

Invite

Journey

Joy

Kind

Lean

Learn

Less

Leven

Light

Lighten

Listen

Live

Look

Loslassen (German “let go”)

Love

Magic

Make

Me

Mindful

Moments

More

Move

Nest

New

No

Notice

Nourish

Now

Nurture

Open

Pace

Passion

Patience

Pause

Peace

Play

Poise

Possibility

Pray/Prayer

Present

Press

Progress

Prosper

Purpose

Quit

Radiate

Reach

Ready

Rebel

Relax

Release

Replenish

Reset

Respect

Restore

Return

Rise

Routine

Safe

Seek

Self-compassion

Self-Discipline

Self-love

Serve

Share

Shift

Shine

Simple

Simplify

Soar

Space

Sprout

Start

Step

Stories

Story

Strengthen

Strong

Success

Surrender

Sustain

Tend

Thankful

Thrive

Time

Today

Tranquil

Transform

Triumph

True

Trust

Truth

Try

Unfinished

Unfold

Up

Vibrant

Vitality

Voice

Walk

Well

Whittle

Whole hearted

Wild

Wisdom

Words

Work

Worthy

Yes

The word I'm holding in my hands at the top of this post is from my friend Colleen Attara. She's been supporting this project for a number of years by bringing wholehearted goodness in the form of words made from reclaimed materials and I'm happy to continue sharing her talents with you. 

As many of you know I am also offering custom acrylic words (hand-drawn by me) in the shop in two sizes. These are the same acrylic material that we include in my monthly Story Kits™. People have been ordering family names, places, and other special words as well as their word for 2017.

Also, there is absolutely still time to join the One Little Word® workshop if you are interested in making your word visible this year and sharing the journey with others. Please note that although the main kit we were offering this year is sold out, it is absolutely not a requirement for the class and that I will be providing you the downloads necessary to work through the prompts just like I have in previous years. 

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55 thoughts

  1. Artsycooper says…
    01/04/2017

    I am taking a break from social media this year, so my word is UNPLUG!

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  2. AmberCA says…
    01/04/2017

    My word is ENDEAVOR, because I want to put forth determined effect toward my goals this year.

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  3. kschoeszler says…
    01/04/2017

    my word is EXPERIMENT.

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  4. kimkern72 says…
    01/04/2017

    My word for the year is Persist, I will persist in making the changes in my life that are needed.

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  5. sassylewis says…
    01/04/2017

    My word is SING. Our life is our Psalm. What good is a song if it isn't sung?

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  6. ElizabethH says…
    01/04/2017

    My word is Energy

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  7. laceyweeks says…
    01/04/2017

    Ali, i have gotten the classes a couple of times (sadly haven't gone thru all of it but i have good intentions and i will get to it as soon as i can..but will this year be different?

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    1. AliEdwards says…
      01/04/2017

      It's fundamentally the same :) (which is by design). I always record new monthly presentations with new reflections based on my new word and update the handouts and printables. Last year I did a couple new prompts while others were a collection of ones from past years. I'm a fan of running my new word through the same/similar prompts from year to year.

  8. CasieGutierrez says…
    01/04/2017

    So great to see al the words and the excitement of the new year and new intentions upon us!
    Cheers!
    Casie

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  9. kroppone says…
    01/04/2017

    Finally made up my mind and ended up with REAL. This year I want to concentrate to all actual, existent, genuine and good. Thats some pukka!

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  10. Buhlstephanie_tonline_de says…
    01/05/2017

    My word is SPARKLE.

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  11. whitehart says…
    01/05/2017

    Mine is FEARLESS :)

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  12. Deborah_Jurgenson says…
    01/05/2017

    Mine is Achieve

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  13. kel01 says…
    01/05/2017

    Mine is Renew :)

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  14. carlaj says…
    01/05/2017

    mine is finish as in finish some goals I have been working on for a while.

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  15. coachdrpamela says…
    01/05/2017

    My word is Priorities.

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  16. Radish38 says…
    01/05/2017

    My word is REJOICE.

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  17. Untiedt says…
    01/05/2017

    I love that the words were read out of order. It was like listening to a story.

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    1. AliEdwards says…
      01/05/2017

      I felt that way too - it was great.

  18. princessmemo says…
    01/05/2017

    Stretch...

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  19. Workman_Scraps says…
    01/05/2017

    EMBRACE

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  20. sbpoet says…
    01/05/2017

    ORDER

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  21. LauraLee444 says…
    01/05/2017

    Clean. Seriously...clean...I want to clean my head of all the garbage, clean out my body and soul of all the things that need to be OUT. Simplify was good, but it didn't prompt me to DO anything about my cluttered head, and surroundings.

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    1. AliEdwards says…
      01/05/2017

      I love that word.

  22. CircusPoodle says…
    01/05/2017

    My word for this year will be "direction"

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  23. soonymary says…
    01/05/2017

    mine is Do

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  24. heathey says…
    01/05/2017

    my word is PATIENCE...with myself, my family & with the process of change.

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  25. kmpetersen says…
    01/05/2017

    My word for 2017 is soft.

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