Are you reflecting on 2025? For a lot of us, it wasn't what we expected.
Maybe you're among the many people who lost their jobs this year. Or that happened in 2024, and not much has changed, at least not in a positive way.
It can be difficult to look back and not see much progress. Frustrating. Even infuriating.
I know firsthand. It's so hard.
For me this year, it was the unanticipated departure of my cofounder. A change that hurt on several levels and forced me into the unknown world of coding. I'll admit, some days it felt futile. It got bleak.
But I turned it around, and you can too.
Here's where I've found strength
Appreciate what you have done
You did A LOT, probably everything you could think of, and then some. The hundreds of applications you submitted? Applaud them. The countless resume rewrites? Acknowledge them. The numerous people you networked and commiserated with? Celebrate them.
I know, you were hoping for results. I get it, but the effort still counts. It's how you measure that you continue to show up, do the work, push ahead when you don't want to.
Emphasize and amplify the satisfaction from each step. Use it to motivate your forward progression.
You can't change the past. Let it go.
Dwelling on, or worse, agonizing over, what you can't change, what's already happened, is a terrible waste of energy. It happened, it sucks. Even if it's horrible, the worst thing you could imagine, you can't go back and change anything.
All you can do is let it go. Refuse to let the past weigh you down. Take lessons and learnings, if there are any, and focus on moving forward.
If you're one of the lucky ones who had a calm, uneventful year, it's still the perfect time to gratefully acknowledge everything that occurred and move on from what wasn't so awesome.
Look backward with appreciation, but not attachment, and look forward with hope and anticipation.
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