OLW-Choose

Suddenly it was December and I realized I hadn't thought of my One Little Word for 2017!  So like any good, little librarian I started to research.

I thought about my OLW from the past two years.

• 2015-Change
• I had no idea how much that word would be true for 2015 in my work life!
• 2016-Positive
• I chose this word because I was struggling with staying positive.
• Although I still struggled with it in 2016 having 'positive' as my OLW helped me refocus when I wasn't being so positive.
• I also realized that positive was just to black and white for me.  There were somethings I just could not find the positive in and I felt like I had failed at my OLW.  And that's so not the point of an OLW.

So in December I read through a list of words to see what jumped out at me.  I wanted a word that was flexible but still helped me grow.  I didn't want another black and white word.  Two words caught my eye.  Choose and Embrace.

I thought about:

• both of them.   
• how I'd "use" them in my daily life.  
• how each would affect my life.  
• which I was most willing to "do"

Then I just thought.  I let my mind wonder.  I went on about my day.  

And one word kept popping up.

Choose

My OLW for 2017 is Choose.

I can choose:

• to be positive
• to accept change
• my attitude
• my response to stupid people
• what I read
• what I watch
• what I say
• what I do
• EVERYTHING

So 2017 will be my year to choose.