Goodbye Old Year, Happy New Year: Reflections, Lessons, and a Fresh Start
Updated Dec 6, 2025 I stepped away from this blog for a long time, and when I originally wrote this post, we were just closing the door on 2020. Like many people, I had spent the better part of ten months reflecting, recalibrating, and honestly just trying to process everything that was happening in the world. Back then, the end of 2020 couldn’t come soon enough. I knew I wasn’t alone in feeling that way. Many of us were looking to 2021 as a fresh start—a clean page filled with possibility, even if we didn’t quite know what was coming next. Fast-forward to today, and while the calendar has moved on, the core idea still holds true: every new year is an invitation . It’s a chance to pause, zoom out, and ask some big questions: What do I want my life to look like this year? What am I ready to leave behind? What small, consistent actions can I take to move closer to the life I actually want? Whether you’re reading this at the end of December or sometime deep into the ye...