Monday, January 10, 2022

A personal word of the year

 I didn’t know I could have my own word of the year: a personal one, one of my own choosing.

You can learn such things from the reading the newspapers.

We’re not talking about the language as a whole or the country or world as a whole. So “vax” and “pandemic” and “immunity” are not what we’re after.

Tara Parker-Pope of The New York Times suggested picking one word that captures your values for the next year:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/well/mind/word-of-year-2022.html?referringSource=articleShare

She’s not looking for a resolution, but rather an aspiration.

Mine word is “equanimity.”

If you have one, welcome guest, please leave it in comments. 

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