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Make 2025 Your Best Year Yet: A Fresh Start Awaits

As the clock ticks closer to 2025, it's the perfect moment to look ahead and dream big. Here’s the advice I’m giving myself for the upcoming year. Perhaps some of it will apply to you too.

1. Master One New Skill

Lifelong learning is the key to growth and fulfilment. But let’s face it, it’s easy to get distracted. Often, we start too many things and finish none. Instead, pick one skill and dive in wholeheartedly. It could be creative, practical, or just plain fun. What matters is that it excites you.

For me, 2025 is the year I’ll finally conquer Italian. After years of dabbling, I’m ready to commit and aim for fluency. What will you choose to master this year?

2. Do Less to Do More

Life’s not just about what you do. It’s about what you don’t do. Take a hard look at the activities that drain your time and energy. Are they worth it?

This year, I’m learning to say "no" more often. My mantra will be to remove tasks, let go of perfectionism, and focus on what truly matters. When you eliminate the noise, you make space for what’s meaningful.

3. Prioritise Your Physical Health

Your body is the foundation of your confidence and resilience. Feeling good physically makes it easier to take on life’s challenges.

In 2025, I’m committing to better nutrition, an exercise routine I enjoy, and a little more care. You don’t have to be perfect, just consistent. What small changes could boost your health and energy this year?

4. Build a Routine You Can Rely On

Dreams don’t come true without action, and action doesn’t happen without structure. A good routine is the secret to turning goals into reality.

In 2025 I’m focusing on creating habits that support my ambitions. Daily rituals that make progress feel effortless. Remember, consistency beats intensity every time.

5. Focus on What You Can Control

One of my favourite reminders is the wisdom of the Serenity Prayer:
"Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference."

Life throws curveballs. Instead of stressing over what you can’t control, channel your energy into what you can. Your mindset, your actions, and your responses.

6. Invest in Meaningful Relationships

The people in your life are your greatest treasure. Make time for the ones who matter most: your family, close friends, and those who lift your spirits.

In 2025, I’m prioritising quality over quantity. Deeper connections, more laughter, and shared moments with loved ones will be at the heart of my year. Who will you make more time for?

7. Effort Over Outcomes

It’s easy to get lost chasing results, but real growth comes from focusing on the journey. Commit to the process, give it your all, and trust that the results will follow.

This year, I’m celebrating the effort. I’m measuring success not by what I achieve, but by the passion and perseverance I put into the work.

Your 2025 Starts Now

For me, January is an exciting month. With family birthdays to celebrate (including my own) and a blank slate ahead, it feels like anything is possible.

This time, don’t write a list of resolutions. Decide who you want to become. Start building that person, one step at a time. Let’s make 2025 a year to remember - your best one yet. 🚀

Getting Going is the Tough Part

Getting Going is the Tough Part

Self-improvement is on everyone’s mind at the moment. We’re inundated with articles on how to get fitter, how to achieve our goals, and how to make this year your best year ever. We’re certainly not short of advice and inspiration. It’s all around us.

I’ve only got one suggestion to make - to simply get going. No matter what your ambition is, just start small.

Your Best is Yet Come

Your Best is Yet Come

A few weeks ago I was listening to an episode of Desert Island Discs with Adrian Edmondson. When the host, Lauren Laverne asked him what he considered his biggest achievement, he replied - I hope that my best is yet to come. I loved that answer. Adrian Edmondson is 66. A successful comedian, actor and writer. Almost a national treasure. Yet he still felt his best years were ahead of him. I nearly cheered.

Hybrid Working. What's the Ideal Model?

Hybrid Working. What's the Ideal Model?

Ways of working continue to evolve. During the pandemic we all got used to working remotely. We grappled with different online tools. We worked out the best way to run online meetings until we got pretty good at them. Then in a post-pandemic world, we started to experiment with hybrid workshops. That strange combination of having people both in the room (IRL) and people on line.