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One Little Word for 2019

Sarah White February 1, 2019 Home and Family Life / Writing and BloggingLeave a comment

I started writing this post about my One Little Word about a month ago, but I never finished. After looking back at the progress I made in January I figured it was still worth sharing. It’s never too late to come up with a word. I’ve been using the concept …

Make Your Year Great with a Word

Sarah White December 28, 2016 Creativity Boosts2 Comments

I used to make the longest lists of resolutions about this time of year. I’d have so much I wanted to do or change there would practically be a different thing I could focus on every week of the new year. Those resolutions lists began to look a lot like …

Monthly Goals: Take it All in

Sarah White June 6, 2016 Creativity BoostsLeave a comment

It’s been a while since I talked about, or really even thought about, my One Little Word for the year, which is clear. Halfway through the year I hoped I’d have clarity about my work, clearer spaces in my home and clear systems in my work. I do have a …

Illustrate Your Little Word

Sarah White January 2, 2016 Creativity Boosts / Paper Crafts and Drawing5 Comments

I mentioned recently that my one little word for 2016 is clear. Even if you don’t have a little word, you might have a word that is meaningful to you or that you want to focus on in the new year. Create, for example, is always a good word for …

One Little Word for the New Year

Sarah White December 28, 2015 Creativity Boosts5 Comments

Much like with more traditional resolutions, I start out the year with the best of intentions. 2016 will be my fourth year of using one little word to guide my thinking, actions and intentions for the year, but I don’t always do a good job carrying it through. My word …

Cleaning the Craft Closet, a #projectsimplify Update

Sarah White June 22, 2015 Home and Family LifeOne Comment

I have not been doing all that well with my One Little Word this year. Simplify is such a great word — and I did some good stuff with it at the beginning of the year — and I have every intention of seeing it through in every way I …

Make Word Art with Scrapbook Paper and Paint

Sarah White March 23, 2015 Crafts / Painting / Paper Crafts and DrawingOne Comment

Every year for the past few years I have picked a word that’s supposed to help guide me thinking and focus through the year. Simplify has proved to be harder than I thought (ha!) because I needed to start with simplifying my schedule and I seem to just be adding …