Category: One Little Word

Cultivate: try to acquire or develop (a quality, sentiment, or skill) During the end of 2018, I decided to choose a word for 2019 and register in Ali Edward’s class, One Little Word. It was partly because I just wanted to participate in that project (mostly because I love the supplies Ali creates for it) … Continue reading 2019 OLW: A year for cultivating →

I think this is the first project (besides my Life Books) that I follow through and entire year and I’m proud af. It has been a thought provoking journey full of learning and cultivating. And it ended with a final reflection on facts, feelings and the things I want to remember. This month’s assignment is … Continue reading One Little Word: December 2019 →

Capturing “right now” photos for November’s OLW prompt was hard. I chose old photos (from earlier this year) instead. For some reason, when I have to choose photos that make my word visible, I feel inadequate because at the moment when the photo was taken I probably wasn’t thinking of my word. But I like … Continue reading One Little Word: November 2019 →

It wasn’t until now that I realized that 2019 is almost over. This OLW project has been one of my greatest accomplishments of the year not only for keeping up with it all year long, but also because it means a lot in my mental health recovery journey. Through “cultivate” I have created a sense … Continue reading One Little Word: October 2019 →

For September's OLW assignment I wrote a letter to myself. I don't know if it is coincidence but I feel like OLWs prompts are secretly guiding my though my mental health healing journey. I don' t like writing letters to myself of giving myself pep talks. I even dislike writing letters to my 14 year … Continue reading One Little Word: September 2019 →

August was all about writing "the stories I am telling myself". I discovered that concept not long ago on Instragram and I started to practice it along with therapy. It really surprised me (in the best way) when I saw it as a OLW prompt. In terms of my productivity, this a month wasn't any … Continue reading One Little Word: August 2019 →

The second half of the year has officially started and the end of 2019 seems closer every day to me. In June, when I made my mid year assessment (as part of the OLW prompt), I noticed that my year has been filled more with excuses than with action (as I had promised myself when … Continue reading One Little Word: July 2019 →

OLW’s assignment for June 2019 was to assess our progress. After I completed my prompts and pages, I noticed that I am constantly giving excuses for the things I don’t get done. I also noticed that most of 2019 I have been “taking breaks” and “assessing my processes” without being able to commit to my … Continue reading One Little Word: June 2019 →

For May's OLW prompt we were assigned to browse around our 2019 photos looking for our word or taking photos that protrayed in some way or another our word (I chose the first). Ways this prompt helped me to connect with my word: I think this prompt was another way to assess my relationship with … Continue reading One Little Word: May 2019 →

Although we haven't even reached the middle of the year yet, I am surprised that I have come this far with my One Little Word project. One of the things I am most grateful for is to be able to follow along these four months because I am learning so so much about myself in … Continue reading One Little Word: April 2019 →