Nearly a year later…

We’re at the start of the eleventh month of 2025 and, in all honesty, I’m terrified to to look back at what I had written for my 2025 goals. This is the time of year when I begin pouring hours into creating vision boards, lists, goals, etc., for the year to come…and once I go from pencil to pen, I don’t look back.

Part of me doesn’t want to be a slave to my goals…no, that’s an excuse. I’m afraid. I’m afraid of trying. Like really trying. If I give it my all, and fail…does that mean all the things my mother has told me about myself are true?

I can’t remember what my word for 2025 was (I’ll look that up some other time and report back…well, maybe I will because we all know how consistent I am here), but what if my word for 2026 was “challenge”? What if I challenge myself? Challenge myself to be accountable to myself, to working toward my goals, my dreams. Make those steps.

Hmmm…maybe I need to take my own advise. Maybe there’s a reason why I chose that quote for my home page: “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” (Zig Zagler).