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January23

So there’s been talk in the blogging world about your word of the year. As many of you know I don’t do resolutions, I don’t have a bucket list or life list or any of that nonsense. (Unless you do, then it’s not nonsense. It’s just not my thing.) I try to make changes as I go. And as far as a list of things I really want to do? Well, certainly there are things I’d like to do. If it works out and all but nothing I feel I really must do. If I do them? Awesome. If not? Oh well, I’m still having fun.

So anyway… somehow I got hooked on this word of the year thing. At first I tried to be all cynical about such things and sneer at the idea. I also couldn’t think of anything that really resonated. Then the other day something stuck. I can’t even remember what made it stick. Or what brought it to mind but, before I knew it I had a word. I looked up the definition and it became even more firmly stuck. And now I have a word for this year. Crazy. I know. No, that’s not my word. My word is Flourish. (If you couldn’t tell from the title of the post.)

Flourish

intransitive verb

  1. : to grow luxuriantly : thrive
  2. a : to achieve success : prosper <a flourishing business>
    b : to be in a state of activity or production <flourished around 1850>
    c : to reach a height of development or influence
  3. : to make bold and sweeping gestures

transitive verb

  1. : to wield with dramatic gestures : brandish

noun

  1. : an act or instance of brandishing or waving
  2. a : a florid bit of speech or writing <rhetorical flourishes>
    b : an ornamental stroke in writing or printing
    c : a decorative or finishing detail <a house with clever little flourishes>
  3. : fanfare
  4. a : a period of thriving
    b : a luxuriant growth or profusion <a flourish of white hair> <a springtime flourish of color>
  5. : showiness in the doing of something <opened the door with a flourish>
  6. : a sudden burst <a flourish of activity>

 

So now… What to do with the word. I’m not really sure but I did sign up for an online class to explore or focus or whatever one does with their word. Also, it’s a chance to be creative and revive those skills I’ve been letting languish for a very long time. Maybe it will even give me the push to put my craft closet together.

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