Comments on: If you could choose one word…

By: A Nourished Year « w.p.r.

A Nourished Year « w.p.r. — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:45:21 +0000

[...] of you who have been with me a while here at w.p.r. may remember that at the start of 2010, I chose a word to carry me through the year. My word for 2010 was nourish, and overall I think it has served me [...]

By: jules

jules — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:22:21 +0000

Hey Will! Sorry for the late reply, this one slipped past my radar at first.

Growing up is great. I’ve finally made peace with it instead of thinking about it as “becoming stagnant”… and just focusing on the “Growing” part.

By: jules

jules — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:20:58 +0000

Timmy, the 32 days project sounds incredible! Congratulations for taking on such a cool challenge. It seems like you’re off to a really productive and wonderful start to your “Create” year!

By: Timmy Riordan

Timmy Riordan — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:51:24 +0000

Nourish has such a lush sound too it. It’s great. The word that popped into my head immediately for this year for myself is create. Create because I’m busy in the planning stages of an album. Create because I’m writing 32 songs over 32 days around February (and encouraging 32 other songwriters to write a song each. Create because I’m busy hand-drawing covers for albums. Create because I’m actively in the process of creating so many of things I’ve been working towards for years. That said, they’ll need to be some nourishing as well. No creation without the proper nourishment.

By: jules

jules — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:50:07 +0000

f you really felt like you had to break it down into a word for the year, maybe think about what “Rock Star” means to you? Achievement? Shine? Push?

Personally, I think “Rock Star” can definitely count as your word, even if it spans two years!

Great comment, as usual. Thanks for your thoughts.

By: Rhett

Rhett — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:14:38 +0000

Picking a word for the year is certainly an interesting exercise. I’m really struggling to find a single word, largely because me and Amy and a number of friends have declared this “year of the Rock Star,” a year when we all have agreed to do whatever it takes to achieve great things.

For me, that’s the 545 mile bike ride in June, the AIDS/Lifecycle. For Amy, that’s writing a book. For others, it’s their first web shows. But, of course “Rock Star” is two years.

I understand the whole transitioning out of “hungry” thing, as it’s something that I’ve recently experienced firsthand. I think that most people who have known me would call me “hungry.” I’ve generally been the one who insists on things that should be out of my grasp, and I’ve been ready for quixotic struggles to achieve them. After years in my field of demanding that I be heard when I speak, I’ve battled my way to a point where I’m respected and my opinion is requested all the time. Suddenly, I have the things that have defined me and it’s left me scrambling for a new “person” to “perform.”

After a decade of “I Want It All” being my anthem, I find myself needing a new one.

By: jules

jules — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:46:24 +0000

Thanks Sara,

Acceptance is a great guiding word. Congratulations on all the great music stuff you’ve got happening lately, too!

By: Sara Crawford

Sara Crawford — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:25:10 +0000

Wow, what a great post! (Thanks Alisha for posting a link on Facebook.)

I really like this idea of having one word for the year, though. I think my word would have to be acceptance, for a variety of reasons.

By: jules

jules — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:12:35 +0000

Thanks Alisha! I think the best thing is just to let it come to you. The word popped into my head about a week ago and wouldn’t let me go. Let it choose you.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:51:26 +0000

Beautiful post, Juliana. I’m getting to the same place (partly by necessity – I have two little ones to nourish!). I think it has to do with getting older…or, to put it a better way, growing up.