My Word for 2024 is Change. What’s Yours?

Includes 25 word ideas for your word of the year

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Hi there!

Have you picked your 2024 word?

Picking one word to guide your year is a rising trend, and there are social media posts everywhere with people telling their stories. This is my take.

My word for 2024 is change. Here’s why.

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“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” 

— Winston Churchill

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Scott Ninneman publishes two newsletters each week. The Sunday All Things Bipolar Newsletter (off Substack) features the newest content about bipolar life. The Speaking Bipolar Positivity Club Newsletter shares inspirational stories three times a week to help you maintain a positive mindset.

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Looking Back

My word for 2023, at least in the beginning, was growth. As the year progressed, growth turned into simplify.

I learned I couldn’t keep running 900 directions. I use most of my daily energy to work my day job as a tax preparer and to care for my aging parents. In my best weeks, I can buy out another 10-15 hours to create online content, but some weeks it’s only 1-2 hours.