WITH THE COUNT DOWN TO 2026 ONLY HOURS AWAY, I’M 100% SURE I’M NOT READY FOR THE NEW YEAR!
2025 seemed to move at supercharged lightening speed – each month found me standing with my hands on my hips at the end, asking “where did the time go?” At first, I thought the chaotic rhythm of time was a sure sign that I’m getting older – until I heard people in their 20’s and 30’s saying the same thing. Has time speeded up – is that possible?
Actually the earth’s rotation has speeded up slightly since 2020 according to NASA scientists so maybe that’s impacting all of us to a small degree. However, more research verifies that age is a big factor in “time seeming to fly” as we get older.
I realize 2025 really ended for me in mid-November. Once I started prepping for Thanksgiving – the passing of time went into overdrive. The problem is I don’t know what I really accomplished during the last six weeks of the year!
For the past three years I’ve done a “TA-DA” list at the end of each month. This is something I picked up from a journaling group as a tool to highlight meaningful accomplishments each month. At the end of year this method reminds you of all the great things that happened throughout the year.
So for the first time in three years, I don’t have a TADA list for November or December and I can’t account for any really great things I’ve done for the last two months and that’s not OK with me.
I’ve decided effective immediately to plan and schedule some TADA’s for each month so that I don’t fall into this empty time loss hole again.
What about you? What one thing are you going to do differently to make yourself feel good at the end of each month?
BECAUSE READY OR NOT 2026 IS HERE!