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A Reflection Moving Forward.
This isn’t going to be a “best year ever” recap or a “new year, new me.” And I won’t bore you with a list of new years resolutions.
These are just a few things 2025 made very clear…
One of the biggest takeaways was how procrastination really does take more from you than just putting something off.
In a real, day-to-day sense, procrastination is expensive. It sits there quietly, building stress until it shows up again at a worse time, with much less room to deal with it. Small things turned into bigger and bigger problems. Conversations I avoided became heavier.
It’s worth doing what needs to be done now rather than later. Because later will have its own stack of to-dos.
What surprised me most was how fast the year actually moved. I know we all feel it. You think you’ve got time, then suddenly you’re looking at the calendar realizing it’s six months past you “getting to it.”
Going into 2026, that’s something I’m tightening up. Being faster doesn’t mean being rushed. It just means handling things when they show up instead of letting them drag.
Another thing that stood out this year was where real progress actually came from. It wasn’t the visible wins. It wasn’t the exciting moments or the stuff that looks good on social media. It was the boring, behind-the-scenes work. The repetitive tasks. The unsexy systems. The actual grind.
These are the days where nothing has felt like it’s been moving forward… almost like you’re on a hamster wheel. But… The work still had to be done anyway.
This applies to training, business, and life more than most people want to admit. If you want something to change, you don’t get to only work on it when it’s exciting or convenient. You have to keep showing up for the stuff nobody sees or applauds… and honestly, learn to applaud yourself, even on the boring stuff.
I’ve learned this more times than I’d like to admit with my lifting and Jiu Jitsu endeavors, especially while focusing heavily on work and doing my best to stay on top of progress in those two areas.
Probably the most grounding lesson from 2025 was accepting how long things actually take. Nearly everything worth building took more time and more effort than I originally planned. Not because things went wrong, but because that’s just how real progress works. Strength doesn’t rush. Systems don’t lock in overnight. Momentum isn’t linear.
That realization has shifted how I’m looking at 2026. Less frustration when timelines stretch. More patience with the process. Longer runways instead of unrealistic expectations.
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
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The focus is simple: do the work earlier instead of later, stay consistent with the basics even when they’re boring, and respect the fact that anything worthwhile is going to take time.
If 2026 looks quiet from the outside but solid under the hood, that’s a win.
No reset. No hype. Just better standards and tighter follow-through.
That’s what I’m carrying forward.
How about you?
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