Word for 2020; Word for the Twenty Twenties

I am very excited that it’s the start of a new decade, so I get to pick a word for the year and a word for the decade. I am also stupidly happy for a decade with a proper name – the last two never really found themselves!

Word for 2020

So, for 2020 (I really love saying that – Twenty Twenty, 2020, 20:20…) I have chosen REACH as my word. As usual I have sought out a word that can apply to my life in a variety of ways. I am looking at:

• reaching for the stars – aiming high in those endeavours I want to aim high in (not doing so for every tiny thing, because that’s how you overextend yourself; or how I do, at least)
• reaching out to people – to those closest to me (talking, listening, loving and just being there), but also to people I don’t know so well (to those in need, but also to people who I may have dismissed in the past – so, listening to opinions that might jar with my own, hearing ideas and thoughts and desires that might be outside my experience)
• reaching out into the world – by travelling and exploring, both physically and mentally (I already have two srprs.me trips booked in the next two months, one solo and one with my youngest daughter, and I intend to squeeze more trips in through the year; and I want to keep feeding my brain by reading more and more novels, especially, but probably not exclusively, ones that show me worlds and lives I have not lived).

There are almost certainly some more applications of REACHING that I will stumble upon in the coming months and either embrace or set aside, but these are the main ones I feel I would like to focus on.

Word for the Twenty Twenties

And for the decade? My word is VOICE. And I can really see the potential in this next decade for:

• finding my voice – as an artist, a writer and a woman
• using my voice – to speak out, to be heard, to speak for others who can’t, to ROAR (it’s the Roaring Twenties, right?)
• voicing my opinions and concerns – just before the last decade started, I was blogging a lot and that me an output for my voice; during this last decade I did things like join political parties and committees and governing bodies where I had a voice; this decade, I don’t yet know exactly how my voice will get out there, but I feel it’s likely to include art, writing of some kind and, probably most important for me currently, learning to speak up within my immediate and extended family and with friends (which might sound like a doddle, but seems to be the hardest of all for me).

So, there we have it, my words for 2020 and for the Twenty Twenties. Tomorrow, I will diving into the traditional January 30-day yoga ritual (Yoga with Adriene – Home), which will be reaching in a very physical way. I’m also starting on a Year of Art School with Make Art That Sells, where I will be reaching in my artistic skills and knowledge, as well as doing some voice finding. At the end of the month I have my first trip of the year – excited to find out where I will go this time (so far, I have been to Malaga (in 2018), Bratislava and Krakow (both in autumn last year) on my srprs.me trips – I also went to Jamaica, Mexico and Korea last year, so I have quite a bit to live up to this year!) – and will be reaching out to the world there.

Happy New Decade to you all

Do you have a word for the year and/or the decade? I’d really love to hear them, if so.

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