The classic ‘Word of the Year’ concept is getting a twist. It can feel overwhelming trying to encapsulate your hopes, dreams, and aspirations for an entire year into one single word, let alone stick to it consistently.
Enter: Your ‘Word of the Month.’
A word of the month is a flexible approach to resolutions that offers you a different guiding light for each month — a touchstone to return to when the hustle of life threatens to derail your focus from your objectives or principles.
It can be an empowering concept, a soothing sentiment, or an exciting challenge that inspires you.
Of course, even with 12 months to pick for, it can be daunting to find the perfect words that speak to you. And because of that, we’re here to lend a hand.
We’ve put together a specially curated list of words, conveniently organized month by month. Each word is selected to resonate with the essence of each month, making your exploration all the more personal and meaningful.
We’ve also included a list of more words — beyond the themes — at the end of this article. And if you’re looking for even more, then check out our guide to positive words — organized letter by letter.
Enjoy the monthly journey, one word at a time:
Word of the Month Ideas:
January
Theme: New Beginnings & Resolution
- Start
- Action
- Ambition
- Aspiration
- Commit
- New
- Determination
- Discipline
- Empowerment
- Increase
February
Theme: Love & Connection
- Acceptance
- Ally
- Belong
- Connection
- Heart
- Love
- Loyalty
- Friendship
- Compassion
- Partnership
March
Theme: Growth & Transformation
- Growth
- Transform
- Flourish
- Emerge
- Progress
- Reinvent
- Rise
- Bloom
- Cultivate
- Change
April
Theme: Awareness & Earth
- Awareness
- Conscious
- Enlighten
- Mindfulness
- Observe
- Reflection
- Environment
- Nature
- Nurture
- Sustainability
May
Theme: Positivity & Appreciation
- Appreciation
- Joy
- Gratitude
- Happiness
- Positivity
- Celebration
- Delight
- Smile
- Optimism
- Generosity
June
Theme: Community & Social Justice
- Community
- Activism
- Social Justice
- Equality
- Justice
- Bridge-building
- Unity
- Respect
- Interdependence
- People
July
Theme: Joy & Relaxation
- Joy
- Relax
- Play
- Adventure
- Breathe
- Comfort
- Serenity
- Tranquility
- Wellness
- Delight
August
Theme: Self-Care & Balance
September
Theme: Learning & Development
- Education
- Learn
- Curiosity
- Growth
- Improvement
- Inspiration
- Knowledge
- Wisdom
- Perspective
- Teach
October
Theme: Change & Transformation
- Change
- Transformation
- Evolve
- Shift
- Adapt
- Transition
- Progress
- Evolution
- Create
- Creativity
November
Theme: Gratitude & Generosity
- Gratitude
- Generosity
- Appreciation
- Sharing
- Thankfulness
- Abundance
- Harmony
- Grace
- Humble
- Patience
December
Theme: Peace & Joy
- Peace
- Joy
- Celebration
- Family
- Love
- Unity
- Reflection
- Light
- Goodwill
- Tradition
Additional Word of the Month Ideas
- Abundance
- Alignment
- Allyship
- Attitude
- Authenticity
- Be
- Beauty
- Believe
- Bliss
- Boldness
- Boundaries
- Brat
- Brave
- Bravery
- Build
- Care
- Clarity
- Compromise
- Confidence
- Connect
- Considerate
- Consistency
- Contentment
- Contribute
- Courage
- Curiosity
- Dare
- Daring
- Deliberate
- Demure
- Depth
- Dream
- Encourage
- Encouragement
- Energy
- Enlightenment
- Enough
- Enthusiasm
- Equilibrium
- Example
- Expansion
- Explore
- Faith
- Fearless
- Finish
- Flow
- Focus
- Forgive
- Forgiveness
- Forward
- Free
- Freedom
- Give
- Glorious
- Glow
- Good
- Good News
- Good Trouble
- Grounded
- Happy
- Healing
- Here
- Hero
- Hobbies
- Honesty
- Hope
- Humility
- Imagination
- Imagine
- Improve
- Integrity
- Laugh
- Less
- Light
- Listen
- Look for the Helpers
- Love Your Neighbor
- Magic
- Meditate
- Mindful
- More
- Move
- Now
- Open-mindedness
- Organize
- Passion
- Persist
- Planet
- Playfulness
- Positive News
- Possibility
- Pray
- Present
- Priority
- Prosper
- Purpose
- Recycle
- Reduce
- Relationships
- Renew
- Repair
- Represent
- Responsibility
- Rest
- Reuse
- Rizz
- Routine
- Seek
- Self
- Self-confidence
- Service
- Shine
- Silliness
- Silly
- Simplicity
- Simplify
- Slow
- Soul
- Sparkle
- Spirit
- Strive
- Success
- Synergy
- Therapy
- Thoughtful
- Today
- Trust
- Truth
- Try
- Understanding
- Unlimited
- Vision
- Vulnerability
- Wake
- Walk
- Whole
- Wish
- Wonder
- Work
- Worth
- Worthy
Plus, explore more positive words articles:
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- Positive Words That Start with O
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