Happy New Year! The first day of the new year seems to be the perfect time to share my One Little Word (OLW) for 2019 and reflect on 2018’s word — write. (Click here to see a brief video of how a OLW can be a thread that weaves its way through life’s tapestry.)
Write I did! As much as I would have liked? No, but does anyone ever accomplish as much as they would hope? Enough to feel good about? Yes! A few highlights included:
- keeping a daily writing notebook, special projects mini note books, and launching my first bullet journal specifically to capture and nurture ideas for future (or not!) use
- participating in my first month-long February Daily Poem Project on Facebook, an ekphrastic poetry challenge spearheaded by author/poet Laura Shovan throughout the month
- slicing daily in my second Slice of Life (SOL) Challenge hosted by the Two Writing Teachers blog, writing 31 straight daily posts
- writing alongside (albeit virtually) author/poet Amy Ludwig VanDerwater during her National Poetry Month Project in April, writing and sharing a new poem every day, each highlighting a different poetic technique discussed in her brilliant Poems Are Teachers (Heinemann, 2017)
That was three straight months of daily writing, creating, and publishing. By May, I was exhausted, but strangely energized, so I also:
- continued to post to #SOL and #PoetryFriday (almost) weekly
- discovered Teach Write and wrote two #TeachWrite Chat Blog posts, which you can read here (Poetry Midwifery in Kindergarten) and here (What I Believe About Writing)
- took my first Teach Write Academy online class in July and August and signed up for another beginning tomorrow night
- took a leap and hosted my first Poetry Friday roundup in August right here
Now onto 2019’s word!
2019 is going to be all about moving and moving forward, both body and mind. My husband and I have lots of fun walks and hikes planned, including a special trip in July. Santa brought us snowshoes, so we are just waiting for snow. And those InkJoy Gel pens (0.7mm, please) will keep moving forward, too, scribbling across notebook pages even more than in 2018. Promise!
Onto 2019! Let’s get a move on!
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Many thanks to the crew at Two Writing Teachers, and the extended SOL community, for giving us the time, space, and encouragement to live the writerly life here each Tuesday. Won’t you join us?
Wondering and Wandering 
Go for it!
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“Move” is a clever word – it helps to move both physically and mentally, and also move the pen along the paper. Happy New Year!
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Move is such a great choice to signal a commitment to all aspects of health and productivity. Your tally of all your writing in 2018 is truly impressive!
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Energy just pours from your post. Loved your recap of last year’s OLW (and boy did you write!) – it really cements my choice of the same word, since you have now passed that torch… and “move ” is an excellent choice. Good for both body and mind. Here’s to you keeping your momentum going – and to that snow!
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Congratulations on having such a productive year of writing in 2018! I love your choice of “move” as your OLW! As you mentioned, it has so many possibilities for both mind and body. Let’s see if we can’t “move” ourselves to the same spot sometime this summer and finally meet in real life! Happy New Year!
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What a fantastic word to propel you into the new year!
Thrilled you’ve sliced with us for two years now. Third time’s a charm! 🙂
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Move is a great #oneword2019, Christie. It brings to mind lots of action happening in your neck of the woods so I look forward to moving along with you as we plan our wonder work.
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