From Lisa Notes – Host of One Word 2025
We’re halfway through 2025—can you believe it? That makes now the perfect time to pause and reflect on your One Word.
Is your word still working for you?
- If yes – wonderful! Keep reading for some fresh ideas to keep it alive.
- If not – no shame in changing it. Seriously. This practice is about you. Give yourself permission to pivot.
You’re not alone if you’re feeling the need to switch gears. I’m including a great read from Gretchen Rubin: 3 Reasons to Give Up Your New Year’s Resolution. Even though she’s talking about resolutions, the same logic applies to One Word choices. Let go of what’s not working.
Here is this month’s challenge: whether you’re starting over with a new word or pushing through with the same one. Choose one or all three practices for a mid-year reset:
- Morning Word Ritual
For a few weeks each morning, try journaling, voice-noting, or just asking yourself:- “How can I embody my word today?” or “Where did I see my word show up yesterday?”
- Lens Check-In
Set a calendar reminder once a week for a month to answer this question:- “How might I approach this decision/problem/mood differently if I applied my word?” Use your word as a filter.
- Whisper Notes
Leave sticky notes or phone wallpapers with simple reminders using your word in a sentence:- Example: “I choose GRACE before urgency today” or “Let COURAGE speak louder.”
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My word for 2025 is flexible. It is more evident every day why God chose it as my focus for this year. In my role as Assistant Director of a childcare facility, I am frequently called upon to practice flexibility throughout the day. I may start the day with a plan, but by 6:35 AM, the plan can be altered or thrown out entirely based on the needs of my staff or the children and families I am responsible for.
In order to keep my time flexible, my Center Director and I use a combination of sticky notes, handwritten or electronic to-do lists, bulletin board flyers, and GroupMe messages. Added to that, we have multiple conversations throughout the day so that we can pivot or level set as necessary.
My life outside work is handled in much the same way these days. I have learned that it is okay to ignore my plan for the benefit of God and others.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. – Jeremiah 29:11 ESV
The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. – Proverbs 16:9 ESV
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. – Romans 8:28 ESV
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. – Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV
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I love your thought, “I have learned that it is okay to ignore my plan for the benefit of God and others.” I wilĺ keep that in mind throughout my day.
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It is a good reminder for me when I get frustrated that things have gone sideways.
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I love the three challenges! We should all plan…but practice flexibility. My words for this year: open doors. I love how God speaks these words into our hearts every year.
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Flexible may be your word this year, but it is something we should all keep in mind all the time. We can’t see the “big picture” that God does so we have to respond to His leading. Nice post.
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AMEN & THANK YOU
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Very good post! Being flexible was a great word choice! It is good to have a plan, but we must be open to change… Sometimes, our best plans unravel and then something awesome happens that we never expected. God does have a plan for our lives, and as we pray and reflect on our next step, He is there in the midst of it all. He knows the next best step better than we do, and so we trust God to lead us on…
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In years past, I have been accused of being too rigid, it’s time to correct that.
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flexible is a powerful word to have the word of the year, and I like how you connected it that Philippians passage – it is one of my favs
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It’s all God…
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yes!
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Smiled at plan changing. Anyone in any level of education would understand and relate to how our plans change quickly requiring us to adapt.
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Yessir we do
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Being flexible is a key to thriving in our relationships, Barbara! Sowing into little one’s lives is an incredible investment.
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I’m glad that Flexible has been serving you well, Barb. I can understand why it would be an important trait in your position! Flexibility has not always been my strong point; I have to consciously make room for “distractions” that may really be the most important thing in my days. 🙂
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It is a skill I have had to learn.
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