As you may know, one of the ways I like to welcome in the New Year is by selecting a word of the year. Inspired by Ali Edwards, I started taking part in this tradition back in 2008. On New Year’s Day, I decided I’d like to rekindle the tradition and pick a word — and theme — for 2015.
I had time to ponder my selection on my New Year’s morning “Resolution Run” which was sponsored by my favorite local running store. My running buddies had more fuel left in their tank on New Year’s morning than I did, which gave me some quality time to run alone…and ponder my word.
I decided that I want 2015 to be a year about making things better. And while better is a fine word, I wanted my word for 2015 to be a verb, a word that would inspire me to take action and bring my word to life. And so, after a few thesaurus.com searches, I found my word: improve.
While it may not be a glamorous word, I’m really excited about it. I’m excited to make improvement my focal point for 2015. There are so many things I want to improve — my relationships, my home, my professional life/ skills, my health, and, not surprisingly given the impetus for this word, my running! I want to be a faster, better, and stronger runner.
I wanted to share my word with you for two reasons. First, since this word will be a theme for the year ahead, chances are pretty good it will come up in, and possibly even inspire, future blog posts. Second, I’d love to hear if you select a yearly word or theme. If so, please tell me about it in the comments. Can’t wait to hear from you!
love it. better has been on my list of possible words for the last two years, but I like improve better. However, my 2015 word found me in a sudden flash of inspiration and I love it. My word is LIGHT. And it encompasses everything I want for 2015. Can’t wait to see what your word inspires you to write about.
Thanks so much Alissa! Light is a wonderful word. Hope you have a wonderful 2015 filled with LIGHT.
~ Aby
Great word! My word this year is Simple! I’m not just simplify my home but also my life, mind, habits, choices. So far it’s really helping me! If I start to question something I always ask myself now what’s the simple option!
Thank you Kristin. You know I love your word. 🙂 It is amazing how the right word can become a compass to guide you through your year.
My word for 2015 is SYNERGY. I actually had “better” as my word for 2014. And I saw improvement in one area of my life (physically) … but I had a hard time translating that over to any other area. So, for this year, I chose synergy in hopes that I would be able to find ways to integrate all those different areas of my life and maybe they could “help each other out.”
My word this year is confidence. I have been making great strides with weekly challenges to keep myself on track. Words are so powerful.
My word this year is Sparkle! I intend to shine as much as possible, which for me means to be/do my best at all times ( every chance I get).
I am now a gramma to 6 and my babes deserve a happy, productive gramma who radiates LOVE.
Yours is awesome! I’ve had that concept off and on many years.