06/01/2026
I was overthinking my word for the year, which in hindsight feels very on brand for me lol, esp because I’m someone who adores new starts in a way that’s probably “cringe” I love cracking open my new diary, the crisp pages. The whole fresh-start energy, i love it...
Anyway, I was trying to work out my “word” for this year & I kept hesitating, going back and forth, trying to work out whether I wanted it to be more aspirational or descriptive, blah blah blah...couldn’t decide so I just parked the whole thing
The next day I was scrolling on Instagram when someone’s post stopped me because their word for the year was written so big you couldn’t not see it.
NO.
That was it. Just NO, in huge text.
Lol
I swiped for the tea & read the caption. They explained that were tired of always saying yes when they didn’t want to, & how this year was about peace & boundaries & pulling back & choosing themselves more deliberately.
Fair. I could see how that word made sense for them
But here’s the kookooo part…
The VERY next post in my feed was someone else announcing their word for the year, and their word was…
You guessed it…
YES.
😂😂
They referenced the Jim Carrey movie, The Yes Man, talked about wanting to be more open to opportunities, less cautious & again, it made sense
Just… for a different person with a totally different life.
I literally laughed out loud because those two posts back to back felt sooooooo clarifying for me
Two people starting the same year but with completely opposite words.
Both totally valid.
It made it obvious that the word itself doesn’t actually mean anything in isolation. It only means something in the context of the person choosing it
And once I clocked that, I stopped trying to find a word that sounded right & started paying attention to the one that made me feel something
So the word I landed on doesn’t yet come with an explanation & I don’t fully know how it’s going to show up in practice, which is slightly uncomfortable (but also kind of the point)
My word is VISIBILITY
I know what it feels like in my body when I say it & that feels like enough to start.
Happy 2026🥳
Would love to hear your words of the year?? 👇🏽