Here we are once again at the beginning of a brand new year and to the annual “word of the year” post. If you have been reading along over the years, you know that I choose a focus word at the start of every year. While I usually end up making the decision in transport at an airport or on an airplane, circumstances would have it that I’m actually at home while reflecting this year.

I am certain that my sentiments for last year may sound a lot like some of your sentiments when it comes to disappointment and loss. Upon reflection, while I cannot say this last year was the best I’ve ever had, it also was not the worst. Even though I personally lived through a lot of disappointment and loss both due to and unrelated to the pandemic I survived, that was just it - I was surviving. I was not able to do anything that I loved doing!

This thought led me to the word I chose for this next year.

Create

Last year, with the craziness of trying to cope during the Pandemic, creating was put on the far back back back burner, if that back burner even exists. The moments I actually took time to create - something I love doing- were the moments that brought the most joy.

This year, I am going to be taking more time to slow down and create! Not just for myself, but for others. I want to create joy in others’ lives. I want to be creative in the way I do that. Creating that goes beyond my next crochet or Cricut project, or the next product I put in my online store. I have a lot of plans for this upcoming year that I will slowly be revealing to everyone as time goes on, but trust me, a lot of creativity will be going into these projects.

I am definitely going to put this word up on my office wall as a not-so-subtle reminder to do so.

Here is to a year of creating!

And in case you’re interested, here are some other words I have chosen in previous years:

2018: Liberation
2019: Bold
2020: Growth

Did you choose a word for 2021? I’d love to hear about it in the comments below!