A Different Kind of Year-End Reset
(No Vision Boards Required)
Hello my lovely ladies.
Well… we made it.
The final stretch of 2025.
Before we all collectively sprint into “new year, new me” energy (with matching planners and unrealistic expectations), I want to pause here for a moment. Because I love a good reset. Truly. I will take any excuse.
September rolls around and suddenly I’m like, fresh notebooks, new routines, who is she?
The week between Christmas and New Year’s feels electric and strange, like time itself is on pause.
My birthday? Absolutely counts as a personal new year.
So yes, I love beginnings. But what I love even more is intentional transition.
And that’s where most year-end reflections miss the mark.
So many of them sound like:
“Thank God that year is over.”
“That year wrecked me.”
“Good riddance, never looking back.”
And listen, I get it. 2025 threw some doozies.
It was not gentle. It was not subtle.
But when we only look at a year through the lens of what broke us, we miss what built us. We forget what worked. We forget how much we handled. We forget how much we grew.
And when we do that, we don’t actually move forward. We just escape.
This isn’t about romanticizing the hard stuff.
It’s about giving the year the respect it deserves so we can step into the next one with clarity instead of amnesia.
This Is Not a “Start Over” Moment
There’s a phrase I love that always comes back to me at this time of year:
Start where you are.
Not where you wish you were.
Not where you think you should be.
Not where everyone else appears to be on Instagram.
Where you are.
Here’s the cool part about a new year that I don’t think gets talks about enough:
You don’t lose your progress when the calendar flips.
This isn’t a blank slate.
This is a continuation.
So instead of starting over, we pause.
We assess.
We evaluate.
We recalibrate.
Think of this less like wiping the board clean and more like adjusting your grip on the steering wheel.
A Simple 2025 Recap (No Overthinking Allowed)
You don’t need a two-hour journaling marathon or color-coded spreadsheets for this. Grab a notebook, Notes app, or the back of an envelope if that’s your vibe.
Answer these honestly and quickly:
1. What are five things that worked really well this year or that you’re genuinely proud of?
(Big or small. Both count.)
2. What are five things that threw you for a loop?
The “wait… WHAT?” moments. The plot twists you didn’t see coming.
3. What progress are you most proud of that you want to carry into the new year?
Not what you perfected. What gets continued.
4. What are you leaving in 2025?
Beliefs, habits, obligations, expectations, dynamics. Anything that quietly drains you.
That’s it.
You’re not dissecting your entire existence. You’re just reminding yourself what was good, what was hard, what’s coming with you, and what you’re kindly saying, “No thank you” to.
Respect the year. Then release it.
Now… Let’s Talk About 2026
Here’s where it gets fun.
Instead of asking, “What do I want to change?”
Try asking, “What do I want to say yes to?”
For me, 2026 feels like:
New beginnings
Trusting myself
Listening to my body instead of letting my mind run the show
That last one took me a while to learn, by the way.
So my yes list looks something like this:
Yes to trusting myself.
Yes to listening to my intuition over the noise of the world.
Yes to more fun (defined by me).
Yes to prioritizing my health.
Yes to evolving without apology.
Your list might look completely different. That’s the point.
This isn’t about cutting things out or creating rules you’ll resent by February. That’s what everyone else is doing.
You and I? We’re different.
When you focus on what you’re saying yes to, the distractions, the noise, and the “shoulds” naturally fall away. They don’t need to be fought. They just lose relevance.
Turning Your Yeses Into Real Life
This is where intention meets action.
Once you have your yes list, you don’t just let it float around as a nice idea. You anchor it into your life.
In my work, I use something called the Whole Life Health Audit, which looks at 12 interconnected areas of life. I’m not giving away all the magic here, but I will show you how to think about this.
Take one yes and run it through different areas of your life.
For example:
Yes to more calm and balance
Now let’s look at that through Home Environment.
That might look like:
Clearing out what no longer feels supportive
Creating one space in your home that actually feels restful
Adjusting lighting, sound, or routines to make your nervous system exhale
This isn’t about perfection.
It’s about alignment.
You can do this with creativity, career, movement, relationships, health, rest, boundaries. The goal is to make your yeses livable, not aspirational.
The Question I Want You to Sit With
As you step into the new year, ask yourself this:
What would it look like to trust myself a little more this year?
Not perfectly.
Not loudly.
Just consistently.
Because when you trust yourself, your decisions get cleaner. Your energy stabilizes. Your body stops screaming for attention. And your life starts to feel like it belongs to you again.
That’s the work.
That’s the reset.
No glitter. No pressure. Just clarity.
Here’s to honoring what was, choosing what’s next, and stepping into the new year a little more rooted than before.
Let’s begin.