One Word Wednesday
One Word Wednesday: A Simple Reflection to Ease Your Week
Each week, I choose one word that captures something I’ve been learning, feeling, or noticing in my everyday life as a mom.
These One Word(less) Wednesday reflections are my way of slowing down- giving thoughts room to stretch and breathe- especially in seasons when life feels busy, loud, and full of expectations.
Not a goal.
Not a resolution.
Just a word that keeps showing up when I slow down enough to pay attention.
One Word Wednesday
This week’s word is:
steady
Not exciting.
Not flashy.
Not something you’d put on a vision board with gold lettering and fireworks.
And yet… it’s exactly what I’ve needed.
January has a way of making everything feel urgent.
There’s pressure to reset, to fix, to plan, to get moving again after the pause of the holidays.
Even when life looks calm on the outside, there’s often a quiet push underneath it all:
- Keep up, catch up, do better.
But steady doesn’t rush.
Steady doesn’t demand a breakthrough.
It doesn’t ask for big energy or dramatic change.
It doesn’t need momentum to be valid.
Steady shows up in the middle of real life.
One Word Wednesday
It looks like doing the next small thing without needing to know the whole plan.
It looks like keeping the lights on, the meals simple, the days moving forward- without trying to reinvent everything at once.
It looks like continuing, even when motivation is inconsistent and energy comes and goes.
As a mom, I’m learning that steady is often more supportive than strong.
- Strong pushes.
- Steady holds.
- Steady holds.
- Strong gets celebrated.
- Steady keeps things standing.
There’s something comforting about choosing steady this time of year.
January doesn’t need to be a launchpad.
It can be a bridge- connecting where we’ve been to where we’re going, one step at a time.
Steady reminds me that progress doesn’t have to be visible to be real.
One Word Wednesday
That showing up quietly still counts.
That consistency doesn’t mean intensity.
Some days, steady is just:
- getting through the day without overcomplicating it
- keeping routines simple
- letting “good enough” be enough
- trusting that small efforts add up over time
There’s no finish line attached to steady.
No rush.
No performance.
Just a gentle reminder that staying upright, staying present, and staying connected- to yourself and your family- is meaningful work.
If this season feels slow, uneven, or a little unremarkable, maybe steady is exactly where you’re meant to be right now.
One Word Wednesday
Not stuck.
Not behind.
Just steady.
And sometimes, that’s everything.
One Word Wednesday
A great word for any week. Less stress too.
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Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥