🌿 Choose Your Word for the Year (a tiny compass for a whole year)

🌿A “Word of the Year” isn’t a resolution with better PR. It’s a north star in your pocket—something you can reach for when life gets loud, messy, or exhausting.

It’s not about perfection. It's about direction.

💡 Why one word works

Goals can feel like homework. A word shows up in real life:

When you’re about to overcommit
When you’re reacting instead of responding
When you’re tempted to quit
When you’re choosing everyone else over yourself

Your word becomes a simple question: “What would my word do here?”

✅ Quick Word-Picking Process (10 minutes)

Grab a notebook or piece of paper. Write 3 lists:

More of:

Less of:

Let go of:

Circle what has the most emotional charge. That’s usually the doorway.

Now ask: What’s the theme underneath?Overwhelm → Focus / SteadinessSelf-judgment → GraceClenching + holding on → ReleaseFeeling flat/numb → Joy / LoveFear + playing small → Ownership / Wildflower

🔥 The 3 Tests (to choose the right one)

Pick your top 3 words and test them:

1) Bad-Day TestOn a hard day, does this word help… or shame you?

2) Whisper TestSay: “This year, I choose ___.”If your body softens or your eyes get spicy (teary), pay attention.

3) Behavior TestCan you name 3 actions this word would change? If not, it’s too vague.

🌸 Words already in our community

Wildflower • Focus • Perseverance • Joy • Deep Breath • Embrace • Release • Grace • Ownership • Devoted • Steadiness • Peace • Tolerance • Love

👉If you’re choosing from these, try finishing one sentence:

“This year, my word will help me practice ______.”

🧷 Make it REAL (not just pretty)

Choose 1–2 anchors:

Put your word on your phone wallpaper
Write a daily question: “What would (WORD) do here?”
Pick one micro-ritual (ex, one deep breath before emails, meals, hard conversations)
Do a monthly reset: “Where did I live my word? Where did I drift?”

A word becomes powerful when it changes tiny moments. That’s where your year is actually made.

👇 Comment below

Your Word of the Year (or top 2 finalists)
One way you’ll practice it this week

And if you’re stuck, drop what kind of year you’re walking into (busy / tender / rebuilding / expanding/grieving / launching). I’ll suggest a few words that fit the season you’re in.

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