I can’t believe I didn’t think of it sooner.
As you may be aware, I’ve been pondering my new “word” for this year. It’s been a struggle, to say the least. (FYI: It was a struggle last year, too. I think if it’s not a struggle, maybe it’s not a good word. Hmmm…)
I had developed a plan, which I talked about here. I followed all my own directions. Nothing.
Ugh. Blergh. I left it alone for a while.
Then, I tried some new things, and you might see if they work for you.
- I asked friends to brainstorm.
- I went to Thesaurus.com.
- I thought about words I didn’t like, then looked at their opposites (a thesaurus can help with this, too).
- I prayed.
- I looked at how another person decided on their word, which I read here.
- I walked around the block.
I was ready to give up for the night. After all, I rationalized, there was no real deadline. There was no reason I had to come up with a word before the 1st of January. I hadn’t even heard of this program until mid-January last year. I was ready to give up for the night, but I decided to try one last thing:
- I went to other sites (here, here, and here, and here) where people talked about their words, and read the list of words that people had picked.
BINGO! That’s when it hit me: Bold.
Bold. I love it. It says everything I need this year. Heck, it’s even part of my motto. Again, I can’t believe I didn’t think of it sooner. Go figure.
Then I stayed up a couple more hours designing my graphic. Amazing how energizing this process is.
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry . . . 
I love it! I have chosen my One Word as well. It took a while I had three I was considering and I finally settled on the one that we propel me towards my best self for 2014. I think I will create my own graphic for my blog as well. I love how your own came out. Looking forward to reading more about your BOLD 2014. All the best to you.
Nice to know I’m not the only one who struggled with deciding on a word! My word will be a secret until NYE though. Shhhh. =)
How can you say that? I hate secrets. And, I’m taking the advice of Jon Acuff, who says, in his blog post : “Waiting until January 1st to do something awesome is stupid and fake.” How can you argue with that!?
I think my word chose me this year. We share the same one: Bold. 🙂 And I totally agree: making the graphic is energizing lol.