Episode 186: Word of the Year

Janine and Shannon have been selecting a Word of the Year for years. In this episode we reveal our 2022 Words of the Year and discuss the power of having a special word to guide you each year.

Discussion topics include:

• The weather. Spoiler alert: It's cold but our electric cars started up like the champs they are!

• Janine's love of having a Word of the Year--she's had one every year since at least 2013

• The mistake Janine made in 2019 by selecting three words of the year

• Christine Kane's Word of the Year selection tool

• Shannon's 2022 Word of the Year: Encourage

• Janine's 2022 Word of the Year: Generosity

• Our excitement over adding categories to our YNAB budgets based on our words

• How having a Word of the Year helps you frame your decisions and priorities

• The adhesive power of a really good Word of the Year

• The Word of the Year selection process from Cultivate What Matters

• Choosing a word that helps you move toward, rather than away, from something

• Words of the Year designed to help yourself vs help others

• Trying on a prospective Word of the Year for size