As the year ends, it’s the perfect time to reflect on your experiences. Whether 2024 was filled with joy or challenges, take a moment to consider what you want to leave behind, carry forward, and celebrate. Gratitude plays a decisive role in shaping how we move ahead, so acknowledge the moments that brought joy to your year—big or small.
Looking ahead, the start of a new year often invites thoughts of resolutions or goals. I’ve found it more meaningful to focus on the experiences I want to have rather than setting rigid resolutions. What do you want your life to feel like in 2025? This might mean aiming for joy, peace, and abundance while remaining open to how those experiences may appear. For example, I’ve always dreamed of hearing ocean waves from my bedroom. Living in Chicago didn’t make that possible, but by staying open, I found my way to a 17th-floor perch in Panama City Beach, where the waves are now a daily soundtrack through January. Being specific can feel empowering, but sometimes, staying general creates room for unexpected magic.
No matter what 2024 holds for you, know you are worthy of living a life you love. The upcoming year may feel uncertain, and that’s okay. You’re not in competition with anyone else. Your best looks different depending on what is going on in your world, and every step forward counts.
Moving forward, here are some ways to move into the new year with intention:
Reflect on what you want to carry forward: Take stock of what brought you joy or growth in 2024. These are the things to nurture in 2025.
Release what no longer serves you: Whether it’s a habit, mindset, or relationship, let go of what feels heavy. Creating space allows for new opportunities.
Focus on how you want to feel: Instead of focusing on specific outcomes, ask yourself how you want your experiences to make you feel. Do you want to feel happy, supported, healthy, abundant, peaceful, inspired, or connected? Use those feelings as a compass to guide your actions and decisions. Let them shape the way you approach each day and the choices you make moving forward.
Set intentions with flexibility: Stay open to how your dreams might unfold. Life often surprises us in ways we couldn’t plan.
If you’d like support as you navigate the transition into 2025, my coaching services can help you align your thoughts, words, and actions with the life you want to create. Together, we can explore how to move toward your desired experiences and feelings.
Remember to be gentle with yourself as we close out one chapter and begin another. Challenges don’t define your worth; your persistence and openness do. Here’s to a year filled with growth, love, and possibilities.
Affirmation:
I enter the new year with gratitude, openness, and a heart ready for possibilities..
Words to LOVE By:
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. — Oprah Winfrey
The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all. — Josiyah Martin
