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What's your WOTY (Word of the Year) for 2023?

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What's your WOTY (Word of the Year) for 2023?

KJ
Jan 3
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What's your WOTY (Word of the Year) for 2023?

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We adore setting our WOTYs. Mine was PLAY last year, and although I kind of forgot about it I did live up to it. This year it will be CHOICE. More and more, I’m realizing that I let others make decisions I’d rather make, or take the first obvious option, or just don’t even decide, let alone express, what I want. This year I’ll work on that. I want to work with people, I want (sometimes) opinions—but even if I choose to do what someone else wants, I want to know what I wanted and why I chose differently.

CHOICE also reflects the political clarity that the issue of bodily autonomy has given me. In the past, I’ve had a hard time arguing with some family members about voting choices. This year, I’m focused on one thing and one thing only: women’s rights to make our own health care decisions. And I have zero trouble telling anyone why.

Do you know your WOTY? Or want some help finding a word that captures where you’re heading? TALK, friends.

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