WORD FOR THE YEAR: TO SET YOUR INTENTIONS FOR 2025

Are you looking for a powerful way to set your intentions for the new year? Consider choosing a Word of the Year – a single word that serves as a guiding principle or theme for the year ahead. It can help you stay focused, motivated, and intentional in all areas of your life. 

What Is Word Of The Year?

Simply put, a Word of the Year is a single word that represents a theme or intention you want to focus on throughout the year. It’s not a goal, per se, but more of a guiding principle that helps you stay aligned with your values and priorities. 

Choosing a Word of the Year can be a powerful way to create more clarity and intentionality in your life. It can help you stay focused on what matters most to you, and provide a touchstone to come back to when you’re feeling lost or overwhelmed.

It’s the perfect tool for intentional goal setting!

So how do you choose your Word of the Year?

Start by reflecting on what’s important to you, and what you want to focus on in the coming year. Consider what you want to cultivate more of in your life, and what might be holding you back.

The best time to choose your word of the year is when you are preparing to set your goals for the new year.

I like to do this in December so that I can hit the ground running from January 1st, but there is no deadline for choosing a word. You can adopt your own personal word any time that feels right! It can be helpful to journal and brainstorm ideas such as the challenges and triumphs you had the previous year, as well as any lessons you learned.

Alongside this, consider what things you most want to focus on in the coming year and any goals you want to set or habits you want to start.

Once you have identified what is important to you, think about the words that come to mind when thinking those themes and values. Then look for a single word that captures all of these things, and symbolises your intention for the new year.

Here are 150 personal "word of the year" ideas to inspire you to set your intention for the new year:

  1. Abundance
  2. Action
  3. Adventure
  4. Alignment
  5. Authenticity
  6. Balance
  7. Beauty
  8. Believe
  9. Boldness
  10. Brave
  11. Build
  12. Calm
  13. Celebrate
  14. Change
  15. Clarity
  16. Comfort
  17. Commitment
  18. Community
  19. Compassion
  20. Confidence
  21. Connection
  22. Consistency
  23. Courage
  24. Create
  25. Creativity
  26. Cultivate
  27. Curiosity
  28. Dare
  29. Dedication
  30. Delight
  31. Determination
  32. Discipline
  33. Dream
  34. Drive
  35. Ease
  36. Education
  37. Empathy
  38. Empower
  39. Energy
  40. Enrich
  41. Expand
  42. Explore
  43. Faith
  44. Fearless
  45. Focus
  46. Forgiveness
  47. Freedom
  48. Friendship
  49. Fulfillment
  50. Generosity
  51. Grace
  52. Grateful
  53. Growth
  54. Happiness
  55. Harmony
  56. Health
  57. Heart
  58. Help
  59. Honesty
  60. Hope
  61. Humility
  62. Imagination
  63. Inspire
  64. Intention
  65. Invest
  66. Joy
  67. Kindness
  68. Learn
  69. Listen
  70. Love
  71. Mindful
  72. Mindset
  73. Nurture
  74. Openness
  75. Opportunity
  76. Optimism
  77. Organization
  78. Passion
  79. Patience
  80. Perseverance
  81. Perspective
  82. Pivot
  83. Power
  84. Present
  85. Progress
  86. Purpose
  87. Radiant
  88. Recharge
  89. Reflect
  90. Refresh
  91. Release
  92. Renew
  93. Hustle
  94. Rest
  95. Rise
  96. Serenity
  97. Service
  98. Simplify
  99. Strength
  100. Surrender
  101. Thrive
  102. Simplicity
  103. Endurance
  104. Resilient
  105. Flourish
  106. Imagine
  107. Flexible
  108. Gratitude
  109. Grateful
  110. Trust
  111. Intentional
  112. Appreciate
  113. Unplug
  114. Couragous
  115. Strong
  116. Grow
  117. Positivity
  118. Relax
  119. Connect
  120. Wellness
  121. Nourish
  122. Commit
  123. Challenge
  124. Habits
  125. Goals
  126. Loving
  127. Trying
  128. Document
  129. Shine
  130. Glow
  131. Enough
  132. Acceptance
  133. Aware
  134. Authentic
  135. Unique
  136. Individual
  137. Generous
  138. Less
  139. Minimalism
  140. Mastery
  141. Transformation
  142. Vulnerable
  143. Intuition
  144. Transform
  145. Powerful
  146. Capable
  147. Mighty
  148. Tenacious
  149. Happy
  150. Content

You might want to consider different areas of your life – for example, a work-related word, a health-related word, and a relationship-related word. Or you could choose one word that encompasses all aspects of your life.

Do what feels most right for you!


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