A time to reset. Using January as a time to reflect & reset for the year ahead.

By this point in the new year, you've already been inundated with a multitude of "New Year, New You" pieces of content across both your personal and professional social networks. Perhaps you yourself have shared a similar breed of encouragement for yourself and others as a way to ring in 2023.

This is NOT that type of communication 😉

While I'm a sucker for that style of motivation and love a good inspiration quote any other time of the year, the new year sparks more inward reflection for me vs. external motivation. Instead of thinking of the new year as a new me, I like to think of the new year as a reset. I don't want to be a completely new me, there are many elements of myself that I've worked hard on, that I want to remain with me. I'm sure the same holds true for you as well. Resetting allows me to reflect on all the hard-earned learnings I've had AND start to outline the areas I want to continue to grow in and focus my development on.

My favorite way to do this is to revisit my personal values & vision statement that I aligned on the year prior so I can feel-out if they still hold true for the year ahead. A few questions I ask myself during this process:

• VALUES FOCUSED | Did I live out these values? If so, what were specific examples that highlighted this? For example, one of my values in 2022 was HEALTH. So when I went through this exercise I reflected on how I lived the value of health in 2022. Spoiler alert - throughout this process I uncovered that while I may have thought HEALTH was going to be one of my values in 2022, in reality my actions showed it was less of a priority compared to some of the other ones I had identified. This is completely normal and is great data as you begin to outline your values for the new year. It's also a great T'up for the question below ⬇️
• VALUES FOCUSED | Where did I fall short on these values and why? Was it simply because I thought something was a value to me and then wasn't? Similar to the above I get really specific and journal out my thoughts/feelings/perspective on this.
• VALUES FOCUSED | Knowing what I know about myself and the learnings I've had in the past year, what feels of value to me in this next year? What actions do I need to take that would highlight these values are important to me?
• VISION FOCUSED | In reading my personal vision statement from the year prior, what stands out the most and why?
• VISION FOCUSED | What parts of my personal vision still hold true for the year ahead and feel the most encouraging?
• VISION FOCUSED | What's missing and what do I want to add or remove to my vision statement? To me this is key. I never start from scratch year-over-year, I love to use the prior year's vision statement as a jumping of point for my future one.

The point is, YOU are exactly who you need to be in this very moment. I certainly don't believe you need a new version of yourself this year and hope you feel the same! Instead, I encourage you to think about resetting instead. What do you want to recommit to and what can you let fall to the wayside? I can't wait to find out and cheer you on along the way.

Happy New Year!

If you're reading this and scratching your head on how to identify your values and curate your personal vision statement you're not alone! I've had many colleagues, friends and clients over the years looking for support in this area. If you'd like an easy-to-follow exercise to complete this process for the first time, send me an email to info@brittanyneish.com and I'll provide you with my favorite exercise within my coaching workbook that can help you with this.

P.S See below for my 2023 Personal Vision Statement.