It’s New Year’s Eve! What are some things you are doing to reflect how you’ve grown in your professional and personal life? One thing that happened by accident: My husband has been home sick and I’ve been working this week. He was listening to me speak and was telling me how much more confidence I bring in my work.

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Feeling more confident is a great way to wrap up the year. I'm feeling some of that, I had a few things go right this year that I'm happy about. I'm not overly optimistic about 2026 in any rational sense, but there's just something about New Year's Eve that inspires optimism. Let's hope the new year is better than this odd one we're leaving behind.

It’s interesting how new years does that, instill a sense of optimism. There are some people who think life will just keep getting harder but our time is ever fleeting so I choose to be happy!

I'm more organized now than I ever have been, both at work and at home. I don't know when it clicked or why, but I just got sick of feeling like I was perpetually stuck in scramble mode. I've been more proactive in all walks of life this year, and it's made things so, so much easier on me.

That’s really nice, not feeling like you’re struggling is a huge deal. You want there not to be a challenge when you’re getting to a work task or some thing you’re doing, it either distracts focus or pleasure

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