This may seem kind of redundant year after year. But it’s an activity I really enjoy and sets the tone for my year.
If you’re choosing a word for the year as I am, I want to encourage you to let go of all the pressure to perform, be perfect, and meet every single goal.
It’s my mission through Styld by Grace to inspire you (and myself) to choose grace over perfection. We work our butts off to do our very best AND we let go of all guilt and shame when we fall short. Because guess what, we are human, we are are not perfect little robots. Remember that in our weakness, God shows off His power (2 Corinthians 12:9-11).
As I started to brainstorm how’d I pick my word of the year, my first step was to ask God to give me clarity and perspective for the coming year. At first, I thought of the word ‘Adventure’ but that just didn’t feel right.
So I decided to do two activities in my journal. The first was sort of like a retrospective of last year and a forecast for next year. The second activity was a list of all the ways I will implement my word of the year.
I started thinking of the thoughts and behaviors that overwhelmed me this past year. So many times I shied away from things, I became discouraged to pray big prayers, I fell into the mentality that what I’m doing is insignificant.
After thinking and doing these activities, I chose the word ‘BOLD’ as my 2019 word of the year. In 2019 I want to learn to live with boldness and conviction. Bold steps of faith, bold action plans, bold prayers.
Below I have listed tools you can use for these activities yourself. As well as the questions and prompts for both activities.
Tools:
1. A journal
2. Pen, pencils, markers
3. Washi Tape
Activity #1
One Word Questionnaire:
1. What worked for me in last year?
2. What didn’t work for me in last year?
3. What would success look like in the new year?
4. Word dump (write down any and all keywords that stand out)
5. One word (choose one word as your word of the year).
Activity #2
How can I ______ in the new year?:
(Example using my word ‘bold’: “How can I be bold this year”?)
1. Definition of the word chosen
2. Categories:
• Relationships
• Finances
• Faith
• Career / Business
• Dreams / Aspirations
• Health & Fitness
• Education
• Fun
Add or remove as many as you’d like.
Simple, right? I’d love to know your word for 2019. Let me know in the comments below and if these activities helped.
Great post 😁
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
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Great project, wonderful job, I loved, 👏👏👏👏👏👏💜😘🌹🎆
Thank you <3
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Thank you! I loved these activities because they were simple and direct.
I feel like I may be leaning toward 2 words.. but still working to see which to focus on.
Hope & Discipline
Glad you find them helpful! Love those two words.
I enjoyed your post – this is my second year in choosing a word for the year. Your post will help me to be more intentional. I was thinking about the word “timewise” and plan to do a little more prayerful reflecting before I decide.
Judy, thanks for the love. I pray you get clarity on your word for 2019. Sounds like you’re onto something!
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