Word Of The Year – 2022 edition! #WOTY

01 Jan 2022 58 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: , , , , , ,

So, we are here.

2022!

Goodness knows what it will bring, but, firstly, let me wish you the happiest of New Year!

2022
That is probably the face I’d pull if I had to dance, right now.. so unfit! LOL!

And, as you are aware, I have chosen a word to accompany that year over the last few years.

  • 2019 – it was SELF. And I am happy to say I have been pretty good at keeping that self care up, since them, too!
  • 2020 – BELIEVE. Well, lets all agree that 2020 was a kinda unbelievable year, allin all, with the paandemic, and BLM… However, I did believe. And my beliefs meant that 2020 was the year I finally became a published author!
  • 2021 – I chose the word HOPE. I think we all needed hope to pull us through what I found to be a tougher year than 2020, in many ways. I travelled through it, exhausted and worried abaout everyone and everything around me. But, I did keep that hope alive, within.

This time last year, I wrote this:

Inside, I have that hope that things will get better.

I hope that I have the time and energy to keep writing.

I hope to finish that first draft and have my novella ready for a reader magnet. (Well, I need that, not hope to do it, so I can send it to newsletter subscribers!)

Another hope is that I can cope with the responsibilities of this new job role and that I make it to the end of the academic year successfully, especially considering I am stepping back into it in a couple of days with another set of enforced home learning for a while… not sure how long for, either!

Oh, and I hope to work out a healthy, happy balance with exercise and food!

And, I hope we finally find our forever home, and by this time next year, I’ll be typing my post in a totally different place!

I think I was right to choose Hope because there was so much uncertainty around what we were experiencing.

I mean, I got through the year, thank goodness! Things kinda got better with the virus, but they went down again…

I am now in my second academic year in Middle Leadership in school. Was it what I envisaged my teaching career to be? No… however, I am coping, and sometimes, enjoying it!

But, I didn’t do great with my writing. (Though, as I may have hinted at, things are on the up with regards to that, too!)

I lost lots of weight… then put it back on again!

And my hope of a forever home? Well, that became a reality!

So, what is my word for this year?

Yup, it’s Create.

One thing I am, if nothing else, is creative, but things have been drowning my creativity recently. Now, I have a huge reason to bring that creativity to the forefront of my life.

  • Create harmony in my household (with two teens, that will be a challenge!)
  • Create new dishes in my kitchen ( I just want to get cooking again!)
  • Create new traditions in our new house (New house, new traditions!)
  • Create new adventures for others to read (That’s the biggie!)

And I will keep the words from previous years going, too, because they have helped shape me over the last few years.

Do you choose a WOTY?

58 Comments (+add yours?)

  1. Tim Gatewood
    Jan 10, 2022 @ 07:33:52

    Ritu, Thank you for sharing this view of your life. It’s very moving & authentic. I’m hoping to be more creative this year, too. Congratulations on getting moved into your own home.

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  2. Afriant Ishaq
    Jan 06, 2022 @ 15:40:28

    Happy new year to you too. I’m really inspired and looks like I should give it a try too.

    Self, believe, hope and create.

    Hopefully this year you can actually make it happen. Create!

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  3. manifestingmaven0427
    Jan 03, 2022 @ 03:06:12

    I have 2 words for 2022: manifestation and intentionality

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  4. Darlene
    Jan 02, 2022 @ 19:44:34

    Create is a great word! I haven´t picked mine yet, but working on it.

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  5. Marsha
    Jan 02, 2022 @ 01:36:54

    Hi Ritu, What a lovely post. I love the word create and the way you used it. I’m posting about my word on my Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays on Jan 26. Maybe I should move that up. What do you think? I didn’t know WOTY was a “thing.” It sounds like it’s been going on for a while. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  7. OIKOS™- Art, Books & more
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 21:53:02

    Wonderful goals, Sis! Till now, you managed it all in a very honorable way. Respect! I am sure you will win the challenge, to tame the lions in the household. 😉 Best wishes! Michael

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  8. OIKOS™- Art, Books & more
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 21:50:18

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  9. cindy knoke
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 19:59:03

    Wonderful! Happy & Healthy 2022 Ritu!

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  10. Revenge of Eve
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 19:47:50

    Mine is “be”. Challenging myself with acceptance in 2022. I too enjoy creating. I hope to make and sell a few journals this year. Happy New Year!

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  11. Doug Thomas
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 19:04:33

    Best wishes for 2022, Ritu!

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  12. syl65
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 19:02:36

    Have an awesome and creative year, Sister 💜💜💜

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  13. Erika
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 16:49:54

    Isn’t it always amazing when we look at our one year younger self and see what changed, what all developed? Reading your lines that led to your word of the year 2022, I realize that it has been my mantra since I realized we are constant creators of our own reality and happiness.
    Wonderful encouraging words, sis! Have a very happy year 2022 💖

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  14. Jennie
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 15:52:02

    My word, exactlly! It’s perfect for 2022!!

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  15. Keith
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 13:32:11

    Ritu, I like that harmony goal. Best wishes on approaching it and not the opposite. This too will pass. Take care, Keith

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  16. shannonrobeck
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 13:06:26

    Hey Ritu 🙂 Reading your post inspired me to think more about my own WOTY and so, I created this post here where I talk about it: https://shannonrobeck.wordpress.com/2022/01/01/theme-words-for-the-new-year/

    I hope that you’ll give it a read and a comment, as you inspired me to write it. 🙂

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  18. Annette Rochelle Aben
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 11:58:41

    Go for it, SIs! Perhaps I will choose YES! as in Yes my life is always working for me! Yes, everything is coming together! woo hoo!!!

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  19. Books & Bonsai
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 10:07:17

    Create covers a lot of ground, Ritu… plenty of scope for everyone!

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  20. CJ
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 09:57:09

    You achieved a lot last year, it was pretty amazing. I somehow let the whole year go by without making any progress on my fiction, although my freelance writing business went well – it just took up most of my time. This year I am focusing on the word ‘progress’. I really want to publish a book this year. We shall see. But that is my word of the year and that is my goal. Let’s do it!

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  21. KL Caley
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 09:32:00

    Lovely. Hmm… I’m not sure what mine would be something along the line of organised. I find it very soothing to feel organised and I am trying to make the most of this skillet to free up more time for writing, family activities etc. ❤

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  22. willowdot21
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 09:10:28

    You have picked a hard but beautiful word Sis, I know you will pull it off. 💜💜💜

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  23. shannonrobeck
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 09:02:17

    Thank you so much for sharing this! 🙂 My word for 2022 is ‘Growth’.

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  24. scr4pl80
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 06:25:55

    Great Word! I have used believe and create in years past as well. Mine for this year is abundance. Looking forward to an abundance of joy and blessings for us all.

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  25. beth
    Jan 01, 2022 @ 05:38:40

    my word for this year is love –

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