Daily Gratitude: As we near the end of the year, it’s a good time to reflect on what happened in your life, how it happened (was it by chance or by change for instance), and what lessons you learned.

I probably mention this every year but I don’t think people take the time to do it. Why? Because the past is only fading deeper into the rear view mirror and as you get farther away from something, you generally only remember the highlights unless you take time to think about it.

I’ve finished my first review and now I will be going back to the list and take another look at how it happened. there are no accidents so everything that happened had an origin back even beyond the event. This will be fun. Why? Because I surprised myself already by noticing the categories everything on my list fell into.

I also know that when I can determine how they came about and what led up to them I can get a better idea of what I want to do more of and what I want to eliminate from my life.

This review of my past year will become the roadmap for the new year. That’s pretty special if you ask me.

Daily Gratitude: As we get all ramped up for the beginning of the year, let us remember this quote.

You have to start small. If you don’t, I bet you’ll miss some things that are crucial elements of your basic foundation.

Take all those goals on your 2026 list and break them down. I’m sure you can remember all my posts on “chunking”. It’s fine to have a single goal list but then why not make a goal notebook. A 3 ring binder that can be sectioned off – one section per goal. This is where you can add one or as many sheets of paper as you need. One can have your original chunks. Then maybe a piece of paper for each chunk. Make this a goal workbook. It doesn’t do you any good to have a list of goals you never do anything with.

Think about this. Make your goal or project achievement easy for yourself. And yes you can use a computer if you have an app that can enable you to do the dividing up and adding as needed.

Let us know what you do and what you use

Daily Gratitude: It’s nice of this feeling comes at the end of the year so you can feel the magic of the new beginning at the beginning of a new year. But did you ever wonder why this arbitrary number or date has become so powerful in our lives? Why do we all have to have something new and special at exactly the same time?

Why can’t any and every day be the new beginning we want and cherish? It’s sad if we feel so indoctrinated that all good projects have to be put off for “6 more months until the first”. That’s now a lot of people think so they’re always waiting.

Isn’t NOW the best time to begin something you’re excited about? I think it is. That way we cultivate the beautiful feeling of starting something new.

Can you try to revise not only your thinking on this but also your practice? Can you make any day New Year’s Day?