What were your final moments of 2025 like?

Before all the hoop-la … before the bubbly … before the final 10-9-8- countdown …

I hope you took a few minutes for some reflection.

I was recently reminded reflection requires stillness.

Now, stillness seems to come at a premium these days, doesn’t it?

With our instant access to the barrage of news headlines, and as we conclude a season of rushing from one thing to another in our attempts to add special sparkle to each holiday event, we would do well to pause.

Let’s own being captain of our boats and steer to calmer waters where we can drop anchor and truly be still.

Ahhh …

Maybe light that candle I spoke of before …

Pull out your gratitude journal entries from 2025, or pour out a year’s worth of blessings from your blessings jar, to thoughtfully review, savor, and underscore your gratitude for the people, events, and things that touched your soul in a meaningful way.

Pause to evaluate where life has taken you this past year, and how you responded to those new circumstances.

Sure, there have been bumps along the way – but what did you learn; where will you improve, and how will you implement those improvements?

How did you feel when you felt at your best? How can you create more of that?

Give yourself some kudos for a job well done, values you honored, and ways you shined!

Rather than that proverbial list of resolutions, consider a Word of the Year, CAPTAIN, that contains one over-arching theme to guide your actions in 2026. Apply that one theme in all you do.

My job is done here – this reflective process is yours to do now – so I will let you have the space to do just that.

In health –
Deidre