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What if you chose one word to guide you this year instead of a traditional new year’s resolution?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Happy new year! Are you getting ready to strap on your party shoes and vintage party dress<\/a> tonight?<\/p>\n

New year’s eve parties are fleeting, but for many of us tonight also means finally settling on our new year’s resolutions. I haven’t always been a fan of new year’s resolutions. To be honest, they always felt a bit flat to me. “Lose weight?” “Eat healthier?” “Work out more?” The standard resolution seems to center around this idea that we aren’t enough, and that bums me out.<\/p>\n

A resolution can be overwhelming, and for so many of us, it leaves us feeling guilty by mid-March. Boo on that! One of my Facebook friends hipped me to a sort of new year’s resolution alternative that I am loving so much! Instead of picking some goal that makes you feel bad about yourself, you choose one word to be your guiding principle for the coming year<\/strong>. Isn’t that awesome?<\/p>\n

I did a little bit of googling, and it turns out that this concept is called My One Word<\/strong><\/a>, and it was the brainchild of a fellow named Michael W. Ashcraft.<\/p>\n

Choosing Your One Word<\/h2>\n

Unlike a traditional resolution, this doesn’t make us feel like we need to somehow fix ourselves. We weren’t broken in the first place! Instead, we’re just identifying a concept that we want to guide us through the next 12 months.<\/p>\n

My word for 2013 is kindness, and I can’t wait to let kindness be my guide. For me, that means being kind to the planet, kind to animals and the people around me, and being kind to myself<\/a>. I might even whip up some cute wine cork wall art<\/a> to hang in my studio as a daily reminder.<\/p>\n

Check out this video from My One Word explaining how Ashcraft came up with the concept and what it means to him:<\/p>\n