I want 2026 to be your year of finally. The year you look back on and proudly say “2026 was the year I finally got my health right, finally healed my key relationships, finally built my business the way I want it. That was the year I finally broke through.”
One of the key advantages of a new year is the wisdom brought forth by the previous year. The lessons we learn update the prescription of the glasses we see the world through. But hindsight isn’t always 20/20, and lessons can be lost if we don’t practice one critical component of growth: reflection.
I often say that “reflection is the yardstick of growth. Only by looking back can we see how far we’ve come.” One important part of my reflection process is reading through all of last year’s writing. My goal is to bring out the best lessons and take them with me into the new year.
Although I am proud of every piece I wrote, there were three that stood out more than any other. Three that I believe will help you create your year of finally.
A moment with my daughters that turned into a lesson about worth. A quiet reminder that love and presence don’t end when someone is gone. A hard but necessary encounter with failure and the strength that gets built on the other side of it.
If you read them when they first came out, they may land differently now. And if you missed them the first time, they’re worth slowing down for. These are the words I’d want my girls to find someday and the reminders I come back to myself.
Each one points to a different lesson, but they all speak to the true essence of life. Click the links below to check them out.
Don’t Be a Chess Queen
The Kindle, The Nurse, and a Godwink
I Hope You Fail
Thank you for reading, and if you feel compelled, please share these with someone who needs them.
live freed,
Jordan
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