A Heartwarming Guide To Starting 2025 Off Right

There are many guides at this moment in time, perhaps being written, perhaps waiting to be published, and all for the benefit of telling you how you should start the new year. 2025 is promising to be a big one, not only because it’s the second half of this decade, but because most of us agree that the first half started quite poorly.

No matter who you are, seeing a new year as a new beginning is a tale as old as time. We’re certain that people living a thousand years ago saw the redemptive opportunities in a fresh new year that could act as a clean and promising new slate.

But the truth is, while many people will be lining up to tell you just how wonderful, perfect, effort-filled, and productive you should be in 2025, we hope to provide something of an alternative. What if you could look forward to a new year without the worry of not being or doing enough? What if you were enough already? It’s a perspective shift but one that we’re proud to stand behind.

In this post, we’ll give you some helpful specifics to get you started:

Start Off Journaling, Whatever Comes To Mind

Most people think journaling needs to be this perfect, organized practice where you write profound thoughts every morning. It really doesn’t. You can grab any notebook you have lying around and just write whatever pops into your head. Maybe you’re worried about work, excited about a TV show, or just wondering what to have for lunch. Writing it down helps clear your mind, and after a while, you’ll start noticing patterns in how you think and feel. Some days you might write three pages, others just a sentence, and both are perfectly fine. In fact, flipping the script and using the best journals for self-care can help you think more openly.

Start With One Small Goal, Not Ten

Your fresh start doesn’t need a complete life overhaul, but we tend to think a new year should include a brand-new version of who we are. That’s not realistic, so pick just one thing you’d like to work on, perhaps maybe drinking more water or taking a short walk after lunch. It’s a great and focused feeling when you give that single goal your proper attention instead of juggling multiple new habits at once. Once your first small change feels natural, then you can think about adding another. There’s something really satisfying about making one change stick instead of watching ten ambitious resolutions fade by February and then feeling like your momentum is over.

Focus On Your Wellbeing & Routine First

No plumber or electrician is going to be able to outfit your house if the foundations are completely rotten and misaligned. Perhaps this year you just perfect the fundamentals. For example, are you getting enough sleep? Do you have time to eat proper meals? Do you stretch or socialize? These simple things make a huge difference to how you feel. Maybe your routine needs adjusting – not because you’re doing anything wrong, but because life changes and routines need to change too, especially if you’re expecting a child or if your little ones are grown up and moved out. Just play around with your schedule until you find what feels good. It’s enough.

With this advice, we hope you can go into 2025 not feeling as though you have a mountain to move, but yourself to invest in.