So I wrote about my one word last year and I chose JOY. I had stumbled upon the website One Word 365 and loved the concept. Thankfully it is growing even more and now more people are choosing words for the year. Instead of focusing on New Year’s resolutions you are supposed to choose a word to focus on for the year. Like last year my word kept popping back up in my head over and over. I went through some I was thinking about (intention, purpose, etc.) and while those are really good words to focus on, I knew they were not my word.
Directly from the One Word 365 Site:
Forget New Year’s Resolutions. Scrap that long list of goals you won’t remember three weeks from now anyway.
Choose just one word.
One word that sums up who you want to be or how you want to live. One word that you can focus on every day, all year long.
It will take intentionality and commitment, but if you let it, your one word will shape not only your year, but also you. It will become the compass that directs your decisions and guides your steps.
Discover the big impact one word can make.
They said it better than I could have! Now, honestly I still have resolutions/goals in addition to my word (more on that in another post maybe 
but I still feel strongly focusing on a word can help you stay focused. Focused could be your word!
For 2014 I have chosen the word PRESENT. As in BE PRESENT. Moment kept popping up at first, but moment didn’t seem like it flowed and my purpose of picking the word is to focus on each moment, to stay in the current present that I am in. Instead of rushing to what is going to happen next or thinking about all my to-dos, I am going to stay in the Present Moment and cherish it. What is your word?
