{"id":2419,"date":"2023-12-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crochettecheditor.com\/?p=2419"},"modified":"2023-12-27T03:08:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T03:08:52","slug":"2024-word-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crochettecheditor.com\/2024-word-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Word of the Year – Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Did you pick a 2024 word of the year? It’s definitely grown in popularity the past few years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is my 11th year! Yup, I\u2019ve done it every year since 2014. To be honest, those first couple years I didn\u2019t take it nearly as seriously as I have the past few years.

The results I had when I started taking it seriously were so evident that I don\u2019t take picking my word for the year lightly anymore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, a few years ago I felt like my business (and my life) were on a roller coaster. I was struggling to be consistent with anything (because of my husband\u2019s cancer and all the things that came along with that). So, I chose the word consistency<\/a>. And I stuck to that word for the entire year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even in the midst of the hardest personal time of my life, my business still grew almost 60% that year! And I knew it was a direct result of the word I chose.

Some years I struggle to come up with the perfect word, but not this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The word LISTEN<\/strong> has been heavy on my mind for a few months and I knew that was to be my word for 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024 Word of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n


This past year I realized that with quite a few of the converstions with my kids, my boyfriend, my mom, etc. I would want to let them know that I undertood how they felt, so I would interject with my own story just so they would know I could relate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I realized I don’t want to do that anymore. I’m not looking to make the convo about me! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I decided my 2024 word of the year would be LISTEN<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen more and talking less. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m going to work on listening to friends and family and not have to always relate to their stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LISTEN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n


My first word of the year was in 2014 and it was\u00a0
FOCUS<\/a>. Since then I\u2019ve used words like\u00a0Believe<\/a>\u00a0(2015),\u00a0Consistency<\/a>\u00a0(2021), Action<\/a> (2023), and so many more. (If you’d like to explore all the words I’ve used, I wrote my word of the year over on my Ambassador Crochet blog<\/a> for the first 8+ years.)

This year I aim to listen better. Below are just some of the life categories I consider and how I will be intentional in those areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n