Our achievements of today are but the sum total of our thoughts of yesterday. You are today where the thoughts of yesterday have brought you and you will be tomorrow where the thoughts of today take you. - Blaise Pascal

"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

~ Martin Luther King Jr

"Eighty percent of success is showing up."

~ Woody Allen

WHAT NOT TO CARRY INTO 2026

1. The version of you who lived in survival mode.
2. People who make you feel hard to love.
3. Doubt that drowns your confidence.
4. Shame for things you've already healed from.
5. Pressure to have everything figured out.
6. Excuses for someone else's behavior.
7. Spaces where your heart never felt safe.
8. People who only love the easy parts of you.
9. The belief that you have to earn being chosen.
10. The version of you who settled because you were scared.
11. The story you've outgrown but keep rereading.

Who's leaving all these things behind?

I know I say this a lot, but please listen to your body and what you need. Sometimes a to do list needs to be thrown out of the window, and the overall planning ahead must change a bit. You will be alright. If it is rest you need, then please rest. If it is going outside you need, please go for a walk. If you need company, then see someone, but if you cannot see anyone, call a friend or do a facetime hang (watching a movie like that is actually fun). Ask yourself what you truly need and listen for the answer, and go with the answer that feels right to you. It is hard to listen to ourselves, but I find it is too something that gets easier with practice.