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Every year, I choose one word to carry with me. Not a resolution or a goal, just a single word to give the year a direction.

In a world that keeps asking us to move faster, optimize more and automate every corner of our lives, choosing one word is a deliberately human pause: a chance to be more intentional, more thoughtful and a little more tactile about the year ahead.

A resolution gives you pass or fail. A word gives you a focus and a filter for how you show up in your life, your work, and your relationships.

Years ago, an old roommate introduced me to this tradition. She's still one of my closest friends, and this habit has outlasted every gym membership, diet, and resolution I've ever made.

These days I host an end-of-year dinner with a group of incredible women I met through my media career. Each of us shares last year's word, how we actually lived it, and the word we're choosing next. Someone always cries…usually me.

Your word can and should meet you exactly where you are. Last year, one friend chose Survival and another chose Joy.

Take five minutes or a whole afternoon to go as quick or as deep as you like. At the end, choose one word to guide your year, and early in the new year I'll send you a personalized Word Card you can save, print, or keep somewhere you'll see it.

Pull up a chair, grab a blanket and something warm to drink, and let's find your word.