This week I'll be winding down work and thinking about my end-of-year closing rituals. I wanted to share some of them with you in case you find them helpful and hopeful too…

 

A free resource I turn to each year is the Year Compass. I rarely get through the whole thing, but sitting down with a cuppa and having a good crack at it always feels like an important pause. I can spend more time on screens than I like to admit to myself so anything that takes me offline and helps me connect pen to paper and attention to the present moment is golden.

 

The Year Compass is something to complete and then keep to revisit again next year, it provides a record over time of your hopes, dreams, reflections and direction of travel. 

Journaling isn’t for everyone, but it is definitely a very good friend of mine and my self-connection and reflection tool of choice. If journaling works for you too, here are the simple journal questions I like to reflect on at the close of each year:

 

It’s The Rewriters Community’s very first members event today, our 2026 Goal Planning Session, so I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want 2026 to look like in all of the different areas of my life. Members have already been booking in their 1:1 career interventions with me as they start to think ahead to what they want from 2026 – particularly where they want to invest their precious time and energy.

Membership is always open so if you crave community and connection and want a space to shape your work/life, you are always welcome to join us. 

Ok, that’s all for this week and this year Rewriter! I’ll be back in January with more good stuff on building a career and life that works for you. 

 

Have an incredible festive period and I’ll see you in 2026.