Word Of The Year Ideas For A Better 2023

Word of The Year 2023

Are you feeling the need for a change, or wanting to improve on something in 2023?

There is no doubting that 2020 and 2021 were tough years. Some would argue that 2022 hasn’t been that great either…

Even more reason to focus on the inspiring, the good, the positive and the possibility of the next year ahead!

Instead of writing a new year’s resolution (or panicking that you can’t decide on one) another great way to go into a brand, spanking new year is to have a focus word instead.

What is a focus word for the year?

A focus word for the year is a single word that encapsulates what you need more of, what you want to focus on, or what you need to improve on.

A word for the year!

The benefits of having a ‘word of the year’

It might be a theme or overarching focus for your year ahead – either way, it’s an exciting way to set your intention for the year ahead.

It provides an anchor and encourages you to consciously (and subconsciously) consider this focus word when making decisions – what you want more of and what you want less of in your life.

*Once you’ve chosen your word for the year, be sure to check out: How To Make Your ‘Word of The Year’ Really Stick!

How to decide on your word for the year

Sometimes we know exactly what we need in our lives, and sometimes we need to stew on it a bit.

Here are some simple questions to get you thinking, and below is a list of over 300 word of the year ideas:

Considering how this past year has been, what is something that you could improve on, do differently or keep working on?
Have a think of something that isn’t going so well in your life right now. What’s a word that is the opposite or more positive alternative to this? For example, if fear keeps holding you back, then the alternative could be fearless or brave?
What do you want MORE of in your life?
What do you want LESS of? Be sure to turn it into a positive word though!
What would be a game-changer for you?

If nothing is jumping out at you just yet, check out the below ideas:

300+ Word of the Year Ideas

Absolve
Abundance
Abundant
Accept
Acceptance
Achieve
Act
Action
Adapt
Add
Advance
Adventure
Align
Alignment
Alive
Allow
Amazing
Ambition
Anchor
Appreciate
Articulate
Ascend
Attention
Awake
Awaken
Awe
Awesome

Balance
Balanced
Be
Beautiful
Beauty
Begin
Behold
Believe
Belong
Best
Better
Big
Bliss
Bloom
Bold
Boss
Bounce
Boundaries
Bounty
Brave
Breathe
Bridge
Bright
Brother
Build

Calm
Capture
Care
Caring
Celebrate
Centre
Challenge
Change
Charisma
Chase
Clear
Comfort
Commit
Committed
Communicate
Communication
Compassion
Complete
Completion
Compose
Compromise
Confidence
Connect
Connection
Conscious
Consistency
Consistent
Contribute
Courage
Create
Creation
Creative
Creativity
Cultivate

Daughter
Declutter
Decrease
Dedicate
Dedication
Deliberate
Delight
Determination
Devote
Diligence
Direction
Discipline
Dream

Ease
Education
Elevate
Elevation
Embody
Embrace
Emerge
Encourage
Energy
Enjoy
Enlighten
Enough
Enthusiasm
Enthusiastic
Environment
Escalate
Examine
Excite
Excitement
Expand
Expansion
Experience
Exploration
Explore

Faith
Family
Fast
Father
Favorite
Fearless
Finish
Fitness
Flourish
Flow
Fly
Focus
Forgive
Forward
Foster
Foundation
Free
Freedom
Friend
Friends
Fulfil
Fulfilling
Fun
Future

Generosity
Generous
Gentle
Gently
Give
Glorious
Glow
Glow-up
Go
Goals
Grace
Gracious
Gratitude
Grounded
Grow
Growth
Habit
Happy
Harmony
Heal
Health
Heart
Here
Higher
Home
Honest
Honesty
Hope
Humble
Hustle

Imagination
Imagine
Immerse
Improve
Improvement
Increase
Indulge
Inspiration
Inspire
Integrity
Intent
Intention
Intentional
Intimacy
Intimate
Intuition

Journey
Joy
Jump
Kind
Kindness
Laugh
Laughter
Lead
Learn
Less
Life
Light
Listen
Live
Love

Magic
Magical
Manifest
Meditate
Memories
Mindful
Mindfulness
Moment
Moments
Money
More
Mother
Move
New
Nature
No
Now
Nurture

Observe
Open
Organize
Overcome
Pardon
Partner
Passion
Patience
Pause
Peace
Permission
Persevere
Persist
Perspective
Play
Positivity
Possibilities
Possibility
Possible
Power
Powerful
Practice
Pray
Presence
Present
Prime
Probable
Progress
Progression
Prosper
Purpose

Question
Quiet
Re-brand
Receive
Reclaim
Reflect
Relax
Release
Renew
Renewal
Reset
Resolve
Respect
Rest
Retreat
Revive
Rise
Rise
Romance

Satisfaction
Seek
Self
Self-care
Self-love
Serene
Serenity
Share
Shift
Shine
Siblings
Simple
Simplify
Sister
Sisterhood
Slow
Small
Smile
Son
Soul
Soulful
Spark
Sparkle
Speak
Spirit
Still
Strength
Strengthen
Stretch
Strive
Success
Support
Surrender
Surroundings
Survive

Teach
Think
This
Thoughtfulness
Thrive
Today
Touch
Transform
Transformation
Travel
Treasure
Trust
Truth
Try
Understand
Unique
Unlimited
Unstoppable

Value
Vision
Visionary
Vulnerability
Vulnerable
Wake
Wander
Wellness
Whole
Wholehearted
Why
Wild
Win
Winning
Wisdom
Wise
Wish
Wonder
Work
Worth
Wow
Yes

Why I’m choosing 4 this year

In 2022, I have focused on the word simplify.

It was exactly what I needed going into 2022 as I was craving a simpler way of living. Simplifying and decluttering our home and our schedules has been amazing. It was basically a word that was screaming at me this time last year. And it worked.

As to be expected, I now feel differently. When I was trying to decide on my word for the year, I had four words that kept jumping out at me:

Abundance
Memories
Brave
Self-love

A year is a long time, but also goes by very quickly. So, I’ve decided that I will focus on all four as they are obviously much needed in my current stage of life.

There are no rules. If you choose a word and then part way through the year, you want to change it, add another or modify it – then do it!

It’s your own personal ‘game’! You might even find that you want to choose a new word each month to focus on?

I hope this provides some ideas for you. I would love to hear your thoughts on having a word for the year and what that word is…

Larissa Hudgens

Monday 9th of January 2023

Natural - Self Assured!!!!!!!!!!

Giovanni

Word of the Year 2021: Unstoppable

Grady

Friday 6th of January 2023

Commited

Ella

Thursday 5th of January 2023

Success-I want to thrive in school, my shop, and after school activities.

Grant B.

These are some super cool words! nice job!