Happy New Year, Family!

It’s Day 3 of 2026 and the race to the end of the year is already on

This is usually the season of resolutions – goals, plans, fresh starts and new beginnings. Have you made yours yet? And be honest… does wellness feature anywhere on that list?

As I start the year, I like to remind myself of a few do’s and don’ts for setting practical goals. I’m sharing them here in case they help you too.

Do

1) Spend time to reflect on the goals you had set before – what worked, what didn’t work and how can you fix what didn’t work. Write them all down.

2) Ask yourself what the best version of yourself looks like if you had no obstacles. Start from there – this version.

3) Set SMART goals

Be specific – what do you want to achieve?

Make sure you can measure progress.

Choose goals that are achievable. This part takes finesse because you have to still be ambitious, but not reckless. In fact, give yourself goals that scare you a little. Yes, scare you. It keeps you alert and intentional and focused on being the best you.

Make your goals realistic, not in the ‘only what’s been done before’ sense, but in a way that you can actually visualize the path to victory. When being realistic is defined too narrowly, it can stifle innovation.

And finally, make them time-bound. When do you want to achieve this? What are your regular check-in points to reflect on progress and how to make corrections in real time.

Don’t

1) Fixate on what didn’t work before and the errors you had made. Pick what you learnt from that, apply it, forgive yourself, and move on.

2) Let people talk you out of your goals. That thing you do well, the thing that solves problems or blesses others, protect it. Yes, there may be obstacles. Do the hard work of checking feasibility. If the plan makes sense, use negative feedback to build a risk map and plan around it, not to abandon the vision.

3) Be an annual review champion Don’t set goals in January, forget them by February, and remember them again next December. Let this be the year you take your plans seriously. Be disciplined, build weekly or monthly actions around them, review them regularly, and adjust as needed.

So tell me, which of these will you implement this year?

And how will you intentionally weave wellness into your goals for 2026?

Let’s do this together. I have something special planned around how we’ll approach wellness as a community this year. Watch this space 🙂