One Word, Big Impact: How to Choose Your Word of the Year for 2025 (podcast episode)
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With another new year approaching, Jess and Anna talk about an alternative to New Year’s resolutions. Choosing a word for the year can set a positive intention for your year ahead and guide your actions and decisions. Anna and Jess talk about the words they have chosen for 2025 and reflect on words they’ve chosen in previous years and how they shaped their years.
Listen to the podcast episode on the player below:
How to Choose your word of the year
If you like starting a new year with a fresh perspective but don’t like the idea of resolutions then give this a try.
The idea is to choose one word that sums up what you want 2025 to be about for you. This word then becomes a theme for you and a tool for helping you make decisions.
Here are some words/ideas to get you thinking:
Joy
Present
Pivot
Determined
Happy
See
Believe
Easy
Renewal
Love
Discipline
Bold
Leader
Connect
Flourish
Shine
Hope
Journey
Transform
Seek
Courage
Be
Passion
Fearless
Prepare
Forward
Elevate
Engage
Quality
Strong
Success
Stubborn
Win
Health
Grow
Expand
Celebrate
Make
Learn
Bigger
Confident
Peace
Enough
Centred
Minimise
Maximise
Upgrade
Free
Brave
Change
Commit
Consistent
Design
Decide
Direct
Focus
Balance
Grit
Horizon
Hope
Network
New
Nurture
Outcome
Possible
Purpose
Calm
Strong
These are to get you started. Of course, you could pick something else!
How do I choose my word?
Think about your hopes and aims for 2025, both personally and for your jewellery business. Is there just one word or theme you can choose to sum this up?
If nothing is coming to you straight away it is a useful exercise to look through the list of words above and see which resonate with you. Write down a shortlist of words and then leave it aside for a while and come back to it.
Look again at the words and see which jumps out for you and represents your hopes for 2025. Often the right word will have a lot of different meanings for you and will be the obvious choice. If that’s not the case for you don’t worry! Let your unconscious mind have some time to process this and come back to your list later.
what words did Anna and I choose?
Do have a listen to this episode of the podcast (the player is above) as we talk about the words we chose for 2025 and for previous years.
Jess’ words of the year
2025 - for the business - action, personally - wellness
2024 - nurture
2023 - calm and creative
2022 - connect
Anna’s words of the year
2025 - rebel
2024 - together
2023 - easy
2022 - harmony
How to use your word
Once you have decided on your word write it down somewhere you can see it every day. You may even want to create a piece of art with it, buy a postcard with it on or make a piece of jewellery with it on.
In the busyness of day-to-day-life use the word as a touchstone - something to go back and look at regularly to ensure you’re on track and that what you are doing is moving you towards your goals.
I find choosing and using my word a very powerful way of shaping my year so I hope you will give it a try alongside me.
about anna
Anna Campbell is the part time Community Manager for Jewellers Academy and has worked with Jess since 2012. She runs her own business, Good Girl Rebellion and works as a Business and Mindset Coach helping women grow quit the day job income in their business and beyond. She co-hosts her own podcast Full Of Ourselves Podcast for female entrepreneurs. If you love learning through podcasts, give it a listen!