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Are you ready to Savor Summer? Choose One Word to Guide You All Season Long

Have you heard of One Word for the New Year?

It’s a pretty simple but powerful concept. Rather than choose a bunch of resolutions that are broken by 80% of us by mid-February, you choose one word that will be a guide, like a compass, for the whole year.

Why not do the same thing for the summer? Instead of lots of goals and too many activities in mind for one summer, choose a word that will guide your priorities.

You can come up with your word as a family. Here’s an easy-peasy download to help you find your word. (Here’s a download in Black and White if you’d prefer.)

Here’s also a Free printable - choose floral or line art - you can use to fill in your word and post it on the fridge or bulletin board so you don’t forget what it is (momlife is busy!).

I recommend making this a family exercise, if it’s age-appropriate. It can be a fun way to hear from everyone about what they’re hoping for this summer. And you’ll have some agreement on what matters most to your family.

Here are a couple of examples of possible One Words for the Summer.

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