12/31/2025
This is what I'll be doing today!
On this final day of 2025, I want to share my favourite and most powerful year-end, goal-setting "pre-work" exercise with you.โฃ
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Even if you don't plan to set goals, I strongly encourage you to set aside a few minutes over the next 24 hours and do this 2-step exercise.โฃ
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๐ช๐ก๐ฒ? ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐. And I want you to create and amazing 2026! So...โฃ
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๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐: ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐!โฃ
โSet a timer for 10 minutes, and then write down everything you feel good about from 2025. Include EVERYTHING!โฃ
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- Things you accomplishedโฃ
- Things you tried (even if it didn't work out)โฃ
- Things you learnedโฃ
- New habits you startedโฃ
- Behaviours you stoppedโฃ
- Thoughts you started thinkingโฃ
- Beliefs you let go of.โฃ
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Go through your journals, photos, calendar, and pile of sticky-notes and napkin scraps (if you're like me, they're plentiful), and write it all down in one big list.โฃ
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Now, go through that list and pause to celebrate every entry (big and small). โฃ
Maybe give yourself a high-five, do a fist pump, or get up and do a little dance!โฃ
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I'm not joking. Seriously, do something physical to help really write those good things into your nervous system. Your 2026 self is counting on you!โฃ
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๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐: ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ-๐ ๐จ๐จ๐โฃ
โPossibly even more important is getting closure on what sucked about 2025. โฃ
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And by closure, I mean a sense of peace and empowerment.โฃ
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Because life is 50/50. Always. โฃ
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So we need to develop a practice of processing disappointment, grief, sadness, anger, loss and other negative feelings.โฃ
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Why? To make sure we don't slide into victim-mode over the past. โฃ
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Our brains use the past to predict what's possible in the future. Drawing on stories of empowerment, not victimhood, is critical for setting yourself up for success in 2026.โฃ
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๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐. โฃ
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We want to access empowered, strong, confident energy when setting our goals for the future.โฃ
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The energy of possibility. Of excitement. Of belief.โฃ
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And to create that energy (yes, we CREATE it. It doesn't just magically and spontaneously happen), we need to get closure on the past.โฃ
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How? By...โฃ
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- acknowledging and being willing to feel each negative emotion,โฃ
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- becoming aware of the story we're telling in response,โฃ
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- and then re-writing that story so that we don't get stuck in victimhood.โฃ
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This doesn't mean pretending to be happy about terrible things.โฃ
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This is not about adopting Pollyanna thinking and / or lying to yourself.โฃ
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The new story you choose needs to be just a real and believable as the old one. The difference is that it's a story that you like better. That serves you to believe.โฃ
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This might be as simple as acknowledging that you're still here. That you are strong, and weathered the storm.โฃ
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This might involve taking stock of what you've overcome, and what you learned in the process.โฃ
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This might involve asking yourself what the silver lining might be.โฃ
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๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ.โฃ
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The goal of this exercise is to shift you into a confident, empowered mindset about what is possible for you in 2026.โฃ
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This is the energy and mindset you want to be in when you set those 2026 goals. โฃ
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(๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ? ๐๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐ท๐ฟ-๐ธ๐น ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐จ ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ. ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ!)โฃ
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Wishing you a fabulous last day of the year! ๐
