No New Year’s Resolutions Here
No more ‘new and improved.’ Just reset and aligned
Anyone else feeling overwhelmed by their feeds being flooded with ‘new year, new me’, ‘hit the ground running’, or these are my goals and intentions for 2025 posts?
As we enter a new year, it’s hard not to feel the pressure to set unrealistic goals or expectations. However, in my 36 years, I’ve learned that the reason most people never achieve these resolutions is exactly that: they’re unrealistic.
They’re created in a hurry, a frenzy to declare something to the world, but more often than not, they aren’t aligned with our vision or values. Caught up in the frenzy, we forget to reflect and end up declaring we’re going to be a boss babe or set up a new company—even if those things aren’t necessarily what we want.
We live in a culture that tells us to set our bars high but then also berates us when we don’t get there.
But what if there was another way?
A way that was more aligned with new beginnings?
That’s why I’ve created a free guide to help you reflect and set intentions in a way that feels aligned with your values.
Every new beginning I’ve ever had has involved closing one chapter and birthing something new. Reflecting on what no longer serves me and aligning with what does. It doesn’t happen through declarations alone but through a gentle process—one that supports my nervous system and creates space for the new.
One thing I realised last year was that I wasn’t taking action aligned with my values. In fact, I didn’t even really understand my values. Instead, I was operating on auto-pilot, just trying to achieve, but many of the things I accomplished weren’t bringing me satisfaction—all because they weren’t aligned with my values.
I began working with a mentor who helped me dive deeper into understanding my values. By values, I don’t just mean surface-level words like freedom or community. I mean the deeper meanings beneath those words.
Why do I value freedom? Because it allows me to make decisions based on how I feel that day rather than what I have to do.
Why do I value community? Because connecting with people and working toward a common goal makes me feel alive. It lights me up and inspires me.
When I understood my values—my why—it became so much easier to take actions aligned with where I wanted to go. Instead of struggling, things began to feel easier. Instead of second guessing my decisions I had a metric I could use to see if they were aligned. The things I accomplished and the choices I made felt right.
In the process, I also chose to celebrate what was and what is. Not forgetting that each step has led me to where I am today. There’s no rush to become a ‘new’ version of myself—just a desire to evolve. To take the wisdom of the past into the unfolding of the future.
This is the energy I’m taking into 2025. No more ‘new and improved.’ Just reset and aligned.
This FREE guide is filled with reflective exercises and powerful questions to help you uncover your values and create a vision that truly aligns with you.
If you choose to complete it, I’d love to know what came up for you. Share and connect as we continue to evolve together
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