Choose your own adventure

Morning friend,

Whew. What a year! 2025 really said no prisoners, huh?

So first things first: congratulations on making it to the other side. Truly.

In many of the spaces I’m in, this past year has been described as a year of stripping. A year where the things that no longer fit the person you’re becoming, or the direction you’re moving in, began to fall away.

Sometimes gently.
Sometimes painfully (and not by choice at all).

For some, it was relationships. For others, work.
For many, it was a specific picture you had for your life that no longer feels true.

Honestly, I don’t know many people who haven’t been emotionally dragged by 2025. And perhaps you’re already on the otherside, basking in the higher good of it all OR you might still be in the throes, trying to figure out what the hell just happened?!?!

Either way, despite the holiday “break”, I’m confident mine isn’t the only head that feels busy right now.

So instead of adding another framework, another concept, another thing to “work on,” I thought I’d do something different this week.

Hold space.

Space for you to get your own thoughts down.
Space to notice what’s still asking for your attention.
Space to listen to what’s already been forming under the surface.

For the first time in… ever?! I don’t have a lesson, questions, or a dare for you.

Because I’m confident that if you sit still long enough, you’ll realize… you have a few of your own.

So for the last time this year (🤯) go find that cozy spot, a drink (and some leftover treats).

It’s time for your Sunday dose of self-exploration!

[A LESSON]

If you had to name one key lesson you learned this year - what would it be?

Not the polished LinkedIn version. The real one.

Something you didn’t know at the beginning of 2025, but you know now.

A few examples, if it helps get you started:

• A truth about your energy (what drains it, what restores it)

• A boundary you finally learned the cost of not having

• A skill you picked up out of necessity

• An interest that surprised you

• A realization about who or what you no longer want to shape your life around

• A softer lesson, like “I don’t need to rush myself like that anymore”

There’s no right answer. Just notice what rises to the top when you stop trying to be clever.

Write it down. Even if it feels unfinished.

[3 QUESTIONS ]

When you try to go to bed, and your mind refuses to switch off… what questions have been keeping you up at night?

Some prompts to help you tune in:

• Am I actually happy in this… job, relationship, living situation?

• What am I proud of but haven’t really acknowledged?

• What would I explore next if I weren’t trying to be strategic?

• What am I avoiding admitting to myself because it would change things?

Let the questions spill out without adding any pressure to answer them.

[A DARE]

What is one thing you know you want to do next year… but scares you just enough to make you hesitate?

Not in a panicked way. In a “this matters” way.

It might look like:

• Saying yes to an opportunity you’d normally talk yourself out of

• Letting go of a role, label, or identity that’s kept you safe

• Creating something before you feel “ready”

• Being more visible

Your dare doesn’t have to be loud or dramatic. It just has to be honest.

Write it down. No commitment required. Just acknowledgement.

That’s it for this week.

No fixing.
No optimizing.
No, becoming a “better” version of yourself before January hits.

Just you, taking stock of what’s already here.

Hold these notes gently as you move toward 2026. You don’t need to act on them yet. Awareness is doing plenty of work on its own.

See you on a Sunday,
L

P.S From the bottom of my heart, thank you! A lot has fallen away for me this year, but you and this little Sunday community of ours have remained. I’m not exactly sure what it is that we’re building here, but it feels important.

I’m looking forward to navigating 2026 with you!