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50+ Word of the Year Ideas

Happy New Year!

I hope you are starting the new year rejuvenated from the holidays!  I am so glad you are here and joining me on this corner of the internet.  Welcome!

I love the start of a New Year.  It's a fresh start, clean slate and a chance to take a look at the year ahead.  

In the last post, I talked about how I don't make New Years Resolutions.  Instead, I decide on a WORD.  I think of what I want the year to look like. How I want to shape decisions and what I want to accomplish.  

This year I chose.......




I want to be more consistent in many aspects of my life.  I am printing this image and putting it on my desk at work and next to my bed.  

Have you thought of a word?  

If you want to do a word of the year instead of a resolution, I compiled over 50+ words and definitions for you!  Take a look below to help you think of what you want this year to look like/focus on.  You can always pick one for your homelife and one for work. 


50+ Positive, Motivational and Action Oriented Word Ideas

Active: Engaging or ready to engage

Amazing: Causing great surprise or wonder; astonishing.

Authentic: Genuine; of undisputed origin; genuine and true.

Authenticity: The quality of being genuine or real.

Awesome: Extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring great admiration.

Be: Exist, occur, take place

Beautiful: Pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically.

Benevolence: The quality of being well-meaning; kindness.

Bloom: A flourishing healthy condition, the time of greatest beauty, healthy condition or vigor

Bravery: Courageous behavior or character.

Caring: Displaying kindness and concern for others.

Clarity: The quality of being clear, in particular.

Compassion: Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.

Consistent: Acting or done in the same way over time, especially so as to be fair or accurate 

Create: To bring into existence

Determination: Firmness of purpose; resoluteness.

Diligence: Careful and persistent work or effort

Effectual: Successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective.

Empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Family: The ones closest to us that are related by blood or choice

Fierce: Having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness.

Flexibility: The quality of bending easily without breaking; willingness to change or compromise.

Focus:  State or condition permitting clear perception or understanding

Free:  Not determined by anything beyond its own nature or beingchoosing or capable of choosing for itself

Generosity: The quality of being kind and generous.

Genuine: Truly what something is said to be; authentic.

Gratitude: The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.

Growth: A stage in the process

Harmony: Agreement or concord; a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts.

Happiness:  State of well-being and contentment

Health: The condition of being sound in body, mind, or spirit

Humility: A modest or low view of one’s own importance; humbleness.

Innovation: The act or process of introducing new ideas, devices, or methods.

Integrity: The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.

Joy

Kind: Having or showing a friendly, generous, and considerate nature.

Kindness: The quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.

Knowledge: Facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education.

Leadership: The action of leading a group of people or an organization.

Loyalty: A strong feeling of support or allegiance.


Mastery: Comprehensive knowledge or skill in a subject or accomplishment.

Mindfulness: The quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.

Nurture: Care for and encourage the growth or development of.

Optimism: Hopefulness and confidence about the future or the success of something.

Originality: The ability to think independently and creatively.


Perseverance: Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.

Persistent: Continuing firmly or obstinately in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

Powerful: Having great power or strength.

Quest: A long or arduous search for something.

Renew: To make like newrestore to freshness, vigor, or perfection


Resilience: The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

Resilient: Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.

Reverence: Deep respect for someone or something.

Serenity: The state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled.

Strong: Having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks.

Tenacity: The quality or fact of being very determined; determination.

Tranquility: The quality or state of being tranquil; calm.

Unbelievable: So extraordinary as to seem impossible.

Unity: The state of being united or joined as a whole.

Valor: Great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.

Virtue: Behavior showing high moral standards.

Wisdom: The quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment.

Wonder: A feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable.


Zest: Great enthusiasm and energy.

Zeal: Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective.






Leave a comment on the word you decided on. I would love to hear.





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