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Help Me Pick My Word of the Year
Have you chosen a “Word of the Year” before?
Choosing a word of the year is an alternative to setting New Years Resolutions. Instead, you select one word to be your focus for the year — it’s a theme of sorts. It sets the tone.
You can refer to the word to inform your goals or steer your intentions, but the idea is that it all ties together.
For example, if your word of the year was “consistency” as mine was in 2020, you might measure streaks or track behaviors and performance.
I haven’t selected my word for 2021 yet, but I’m getting closer. The photos in this post all reflect a word in contention.
I’m looking for the perfect word that captures what I hope for this year. See, 2021, for me, is a balm for 2020. Crucially, it’s not an overcorrect, but a rather matter-of-fact embarkation into what’s possible.
I’m a doer, a driver, an achiever. To sit out an entire year was contrary to my natural state…
