My New Year Wish

Was 2025 a good year for you?

Was it challenging?

Forgettable … or unforgettable?

Something in-between?

I’m not going to share details about my 2025––and I don’t expect you to share yours––not because it’s no one else’s business (though it isn’t), but really, I don’t want to burden or bore you.

I will say this: like every other year before it, 2025 had some good, some bad and some ugly. Likely no different than yours.

This is the time of year we tend to reflect on all that: the good, the bad and the ugly. Then, we like to make that quintessential list of what we’re going to do in the coming year to make the good better, the bad “less bad” and the ugly go away altogether.

I don’t like to reflect too much on the past year because my mind usually starts with the negative (not proud of that, it’s just the way my brain works), and that’s no way to move forward.

Also, I’m not a New Year’s Resolutionist. While I might start the year with some general guidelines or targets for my business or my life, I don’t use January 1as a stake in the ground to make sweeping (maybe unsustainable) goals for my health, my finances or my social life. That’s something I try to work on throughout the year (with varying levels of success) because it tends to be more doable and authentic for me.

That said, you do you. And what I mean by that is this: Whether you use the past year (the good, the bad, the ugly or a combination of all three) to help you move yourself forward in 2026, or whether it’s a specific goal, activity or list of things, I hope at this time next year, you’re able to look back and see that the good has far outdistanced the bad and the ugly.

I hope you’re able to reflect on your list, look at your bathroom scale, pore over the results your smart watch has accumulated, or  review your financial documents and say, “This was a really good year; maybe my best yet,” and then plan for another great year in 2027 … and 2028 … and beyond.

Because while some of the goals we make around the new year might be unsustainable, we can hope, plan and work for love, unity and happiness, for ourselves and the world around

us.

I know those things often feel as unattainable as losing 25 pounds, cutting down on sugar intake, doubling our investments or finding hours in a hectic work schedule to spend more quality time with family, but they are truly things we can control . . .  at least in our own homes, hearts, minds and souls.

As you look back on 2025, I hope you see many good things. And I hope that reflection leads to your best year yet in 2026.

Cheers … to love, unity, peace and happiness for all of us.

© 2025 David R. Haznaw