Happy New Year! What’s the good word?

January 1, 2026

Every January, I like to begin the year not with a long list of resolutions, but with a single word.

One word to return to.
One word to steady me.
One word to hold up like a compass when the year inevitably bends and twists.

Last year, my word was adventure, and it turned out to be exactly right. When I picked the word, I was thinking about the the year as …