Dedication: My Word for this Year

It wasn’t hard coming up with my word for this year. Heck, last year it wasn’t hard either. And you think it would be. But once I started thinking about the word it quickly came to me. Last year it was devotion/devoted. And I did pretty amazing living up to this word. I spent a lot of time in the word and learned a lot about myself in the process.

This year the word is dedication. Dedication can mean a lot of things. Webster’s Dictionary defines dedication as devoting or setting aside for a particular purpose.

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How am I going to apply that word to my life? First by rededicating myself to my marriage. Vowing to have more alone time with just Raul and I. Sometimes work can take both of us away from each other and we can’t seem to reconnect. But this year, it is my mission to make sure that doesn’t happen.

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Dedication to my girls to be a better mom. I want to help them as they travel on this journey called life. Also rededicating myself on learning how to let go, no matter how hard it is. I just have to trust that we did our job raising them and that they have the tools to deal with whatever life throws at them. Too often, I have seen parents who don’t know when to let go and their children end up floundering.

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Dedication to God– Spending more time daily in His word. I am really interested in learning more about the women in the Bible and I am doing an amazing study right now. If you are interested, check out Women of the Bible: A One-Year Devotional Study here.

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Dedication to those friends who have been with me through thick and thin. Those that stop by or text just because they haven’t heard from me in awhile making sure that everything is okay. Sometimes I feel like the person that people forget about because my girls aren’t as active as theirs and they aren’t as social either. Just because I don’t accept invites doesn’t mean I don’t want to go, it just means that one or more of my girls aren’t comfortable with the environment.

My girls definitely have unique personalities especially my youngest. She marches to the beat of her own drum. Refusing to conform just to be a part of the in crowd. And sometimes that means being a social outcast so to speak. She has such a distinct personality that she would rather have a few close friends than a ton of friends to be in the “popular” crowd. I actually applaud her for that because she probably has higher self-esteem than I did at her age.

And lastly, Dedication to be clutter free. My oldest is actually teaching me a thing or two about living a minimalistic life. And she only had to go to college to learn that.

So this year my word is DEDICATION! Have you chosen a word for this year? If you have what is it and why did you pick it?

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  1. I love this post! You’re such an inspiration to so many, Melissa! Sometimes I think you don’t realize that 😉 but you are!! You definitely are to me and I am so blessed to call you friend. I think DEDICATION is a good choice for you this year. I’m looking forward to following your journey through 2017 .. and being part of it too 🙂 My word is CONSITENCY … and I’m working on my blog about what it means to me so watch for that to post this week. Hugs … and Happy New Year!!

  2. I can’t wait to hear about how you clear the clutter this year! That’s something I need to do as well.

    Hoping to sit down today to do my 2017 goals and come up with my word for the year…I have NO ideas so far!

  3. Already did some when I cleaned out my desk to move over to the new one. No drawers to hid stuff in. So I have to throw away clutter on my desk.

  4. The last is my favorite, dedication to be clutter free! That is a difficult goal! I am excited to write a post about my dedications.
    xo, Lee
    wineandcouture.com

  5. This is a beautiful word for 2017. I love how you set your goals and intentions in alignment with this word!

  6. I’m working with the word CONQUER. I need to get in control. I have worked on the same things for years and still don’t feel progress. This year I will.

  7. Dedication. What a great word! I love how you talked about all the ways you plan to dedicate yourself more in 2017, especially your marriage! My word of the year is FOCUS but so far I’m struggling with focusing. I think things will settle down once the kids are back in school and we get our routine back!

  8. I love your word for this year and the ways you intend to implement it into your life. I haven’t chosen a word, in fact, I didn’t know this was a thing until just a few weeks ago. I have been thinking all this week about what I want my word to be and how I will apply it to my business and personal life.

  9. Dedication is a great word cause you are right, it can go for many things. Dedication to your significant other or work. But to give it your all, to be all in, to give heart, to be dedicated.

  10. Dedication is 100% the word I’m taking with me throughout this year. This year is my graduation so I need to really knuckle down and get my work done. I also want to save a lot of money for travelling, and as we are all aware… saving money takes some serious dedication!

  11. Dedication is a beautiful word to take to 2017. I will also rededicate myself in marriage, family, friends and business!
    Happy New Year

  12. What a great word for the new year! I also need to apply this word to a lot of what I’m trying to accomplish this year! Good luck to you in 2017.

  13. Such beautiful sentiments. It’s nice to see someone who recognizes the equity we can find in one word that is smartly chosen.

  14. I hope you get to focus more time to your faith and family. For me my key word would be dedication; dedication to my craft, to creating a business and dedication to my friends.

  15. Well after reading this I’m feeling inspired to be more devoted myself and get back to the things that really matter. Faith, family and friends what a great way to kick off the new year.

  16. I love this whole idea of a word for the year rather than a list of things that never make it past the first week. (my experience) I love your word! I need to dedicate more time to myself and my relationship with my husband.

  17. I haven’t chosen a word. For me a word is chosen as the year goes on. Last year our word was grateful because my 4 year old fell out of a 3 story window while jumping on our bed. It was the scariest moment and we were so grateful that she was left with only scratches. GOD is good. Dedication is a wonderful word. I love your list of dedication…I too want to me more dedicated to my marriage, time with God, children, and to be clutter-free. I think I want to strive being a better help mate this year.

  18. That’s a beautiful word for this year. I think it really fits your goals for the year. I love that your focus is your loved ones, there’s nothing like dedicating your life to the people that you love.

  19. A word of the year sounds amazing! This sounds like a much better idea than making a list of goals.

  20. Can I pick a 2 word phrase….Time Management. I waste so much time just jumping from thing to thing instead of focusing on finishing one project.

  21. I love this! I definitely need to dedicate more alone time to my husband. We get so busy with the kids that we forget to have date nights!

  22. Oooo loving your word!!! Dedication is definitely a good one. I still am trying to pick a word for myself!

  23. I have been thinking of a good word for this year and the one that keeps popping up in my mind is ambition. I think that will be the one I will go with.

  24. I never heard of anyone doing a word of the year until this past week but I think it is a genius idea & yours is a very good choice. I think I may need to give it some thought and come up with one of my own although I have no idea ATM what it may be. I love the goals you have to go along with it as well.

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