Friday, January 19, 2007

One Word

After reading Michelle's post about Ali Edwards' challenge I have been thinking about what word I would pick to represent this coming year. I love Amy's word "DO", because I think it is very powerful. I've never felt like DO allows for anything but that. I also love Michelle's word "FREE" and everything it represents. Free is such a liberating word. It also leaves very little room for anything else. I went to Ali's website and actually looked at the original post and some of the other words that have been chosen. Everyone has chosen such amazing words to anchor their year on.

I'm still kind of undecided. I have several great words that I love and think could really represent my year, but I don't want to waste such a great opportunity. It is also pretty daunting thinking of what I want my year to focus on, especially when I feel like so many aspects of my life are completely out of focus! Hopefully by this weekend.

5 comments:

michelle said...

Your second paragraph expresses exactly how I felt about this challenge! It took me about a week of ruminating on several words to find one that could embody the several areas I am focusing on. Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Amy said...

I hope you come up with your word soon. I'm anxious to see what people come up with. I also have lots of words that I'm considering. I think I like Michelle's word the most. She and I suffer from a lot of the same personal limitations. But I don't her to think I jsut aped her word.

amy gretchen said...

Sounds like you just came up with your word...focus. :)

I think it's quite the challenge, but have found it so liberate to ponder on and actually make it happen in my life. It has already made such a huge difference to me to stop talking and just do.

TX Girl said...

Amy M-
So funny. I wrote the paragraph and it was only after a couple of days that I realized how ridiculous I was- hello.. focus is totally the word I was looking for.

Elisa said...

ooh I like the word focus. I am in the same boat, I feel like I could work on so many areas I don't know where to start. I also have a feeling that with this new baby my word for the year should be survive, or maintain, as in maintain my sanity. I promise to be more uplifting and inspiring next year.