My Word of the Year for 2011... Choice

noun

• an act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities
• the right or ability to make, or possibility of making, such a selection
• a range of possibilities from which one or more may be selected 
• a course of action, thing, or person that is selected or decided upon

Why choice for this year?

I value having the freedom to make choices... everyday... on so many levels. To me life is a series of choices.  I believe that each one I make has the potential to cast a positive impact not only in my life but also in the life of each person I encounter this year. 

Love these quotes about choice...

You've got a lot of choices.  If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.  ~Steven D. Woodhull

When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.  ~William James

Life is the sum of all your choices.  ~Albert Camus

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.  ~David Russell

To decide is to walk facing forward with nary a crick in your neck from looking back at the crossroads.  ~Betsy Cañas Garmon

Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do.  ~Denis Waitley

I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude. ~Anonymous

Its our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ~Joanne Kathleen Rowling

There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy. ~unknown

Did you pick a word for the year? 

So here's my first project for 2011... a journal to keep my random thoughts in... loved getting painted and artsy with my Chip Art tools. I don't break them out nearly enough. Here's to a messy (super fun), therapeutic, crafty  2011!

Products:  Journal, patterned paper, ChipArt tools and ChipArt shapes (gcd Studios); flower (Prima); paint (Making Memories); trim (Webster's Pages), bling (Michael's Stores, Inc); other (Modge Podge)

My idea to do a word of the year came from here: http://aliedwards.com/2010/12/one-little-word-2011.htm