Claim the Final Season as Yours: end 2025 as your best self

Can you believe that there are only nine weeks left in 2025?! 

Sixty‑three days.

Sometimes it's hard to grasp just how quickly time flies, isn't it? But I don't want that number to land in your chest with the weight of pressure. Instead, let's look at it through the lens of ✨possibility✨.

Take a moment here to maybe close your eyes for a breath and picture the rest of your year as it is unfolding right now. What do you see ahead? The calendar squares, the errands, the travel plans, the upcoming holidays... Do you feel the stress and pressure building already? 

Now ask a second question. What do you WANT it to look like? Not perfect. Not a makeover. Just the truest version of you finishing the year as your healthiest, happiest and best version of yourself now.

You can consider this an invitation.... or a challenge: For the next nine weeks, we recommit to ourselves.

Not by fixing who we are, but by honoring who we already are.

Choose one simple practice you will repeat each week, one simple habit you want to build, or easy routine to establish, and let it be your anchor through the holidays.

The Nine‑Week Recommitment

Choose Your Number

Pick how many times you will show up for yourself each week. Be honest with yourself. This isn't the time for grandiosity or heroic optimism. It's important to choose a number that feels kind and real in your actual life. Sustainable, reasonable, and don't judge yourself if you wish you could commit to more. What will it be? Two days a week? Three? Five? Name it out loud.

Define What Counts

Don't forget: showing up does not have to look like a full class or a perfect routine. It can be any act that brings you back to yourself. 

Here are possibilities:

1. Ten minutes of slow movement on the mat.

2. Three rounds of inhale for four, exhale for six, hand on belly.

3. A lap around the block to meet the daylight.

4. One page in your journal with the prompt: What do I need now?

5. Five minutes of legs up the wall while your phone rests in another room.

6. A cup of warm tea without multitasking.

Write your number and your options on a sticky note. Place it where you will see it. What about a second one in your car? Pick up your phone right now and create a reoccurring alarm or reminder. Write it on your calendar. 

Boundaries are an IMPORTANT part of this.

As we move toward gatherings and fuller calendars, boundaries are imperative. Boundaries are not unkind, they're not rude, and they are not walls. Boundaries are clear agreements that make your values possible.

Goals do not happen because we hope harder. They happen because we give them time, space, and protection. That is what a boundary does.

Set boundaries with yourself first, then with the people around you. Let's face it, it is easier to carve out time for ourselves when no one else is asking for it. The strain comes in when we say yes beyond our capacity and quietly slide ourselves to last place in order to accommodate others.

Clear limits prevent quiet burnout and the resentment that follows.

Think of boundaries as the shape that holds your devotion. They preserve energy, support your nervous system, and make it more likely you will keep the promises you set this week. They also make relationships kinder because everyone knows what to expect. You are not pushing people away or punishing them. You are inviting a more honest way of being together.

Time Boundaries

Give your time a clear container. Examples:

• I can stay for one hour tonight.

• I am leaving by eight so I can rest.

Energy Boundaries

Honor your capacity on any given day. Examples:

• I want to come, and I need a quiet morning first.

• I am happy to help with dessert, but not the whole meal.

Attention Boundaries

Guard what your mind takes in. Examples:

• I am skipping the group text tonight. I will catch up tomorrow.

• I am muting notifications after six so I can wind down.

Sensory Boundaries

Support your nervous system with comfort. Examples:

• I will take short breath breaks in a quiet room.

• I am bringing headphones and stepping outside if I feel overloaded.

Conversational Boundaries

Protect tender topics and opt in to what feels safe. Examples:

• I am not talking about my body or diet this season. Let us pick another topic.

• I am not available for political conversations today.

Social Boundaries

Choose when and how you participate. Examples:

• I can come to the first event, and I will pass on the second.

• I am arriving a little late and leaving on my own.

Financial Boundaries

Keep your giving aligned with your reality. Examples:

• I am gifting experiences this year, not purchases.

• My budget is set. I will not be adding extras.

Name the boundaries you will practice for the next nine weeks. Write them down. Tell a trusted person who can help you hold yourself accountable.

We've got this!!

Journal Prompts For The Nine‑Week Arc

Pick one each week and write for five minutes:

1. What do I want the rest of this year to look and feel like? What can help me make that a reality? What is hurting my ability to create this?

2. Where does the holiday rush show up in me, and what can I do to help me not get overwhelmed by it?

3. What is one boundary that can protect my energy this week?

4. What is one small promise I will keep this week to help me finish the year calm and strong?

5. What did showing up for myself look like today?

As you step into these last nine weeks, let your number be simple, your boundaries be kind, and your devotion be steady.

May you look back on this season and recognize yourself. 

Not the calendar. 

You.