This year was a learning experience.
Not only for my clients, but for myself as well... I thought at my age I had it all figured out. Who I am as a person, my boundaries, my character, my values.
But I realized that this year for some reason changed me in ways I didn't even realize at the time it happened. I realized I have closed off a lot of areas in my life that have been causing me stress. I have pushed away a lot of toxic people I had in my life and made my circle even smaller.
Growth happens when we make decisions based on where we want to be in life. It happens when we not longer want to be standing in the same spot as where we were yesterday. But it takes action. It means you have to do things and make decisions that not everyone around you might like or agree with.
I realized that this year I did a lot more for myself and my own mental health than I have ever done before, and it wasn't that I did it on purpose or even consciously. I think my inner-self just knew it was time for a new chapter in my life and because I have a growth-orientated mindset I just instinctively knew what needed to be done and I did it.
Looking back I feel that I have made peace with a lot of things that bothered me when I started this year, and I can truly see the change in myself.
This also had a knock-on effect on how I approached my clients and their problems. And I can see that even with them their progress seems to happen a lot faster. Not because I am a better coach, but because my own skillset grew and I could share my experience and learnings with my clients.
I look forward to 2025 and know that as long as I walk my own path and focus on what is really important to me and my family, I will keep growing into the Father, Husband, Son, Brother and Friend I want to be.