Time To Renew

The first three months of the year have passed.

Which feels like a good moment to pause and check in with how your year is going so far. Not in a way to berate yourself, but in a genuinely curious, ‘How are you?’ way.

Why? As I like to think in 90-day cycles. There is something about that time frame that works well for the human mind. Long enough to actually see differences, to notice shifts, to feel the results of choices made.

So three months in. Take a breath.

What was your intention for this year? Was there a feeling you were reaching for? Was there a version of yourself you were quietly moving toward? Did you have ambitious plans for reinvention? A new career, life, or purpose?

How is that going?

And I ask this without judgement.

Everyone’s answer will be different. Some of you will have surprised yourselves. Some of you will have wandered, as many of us do, off the path you had in mind. Perhaps you are somewhere beautifully in between.

Whatever your answer, this is a good moment to take stock. Not to be critical of your last three months, but to learn from them. To see clearly what you want to carry forward and what you might gently let go of.

Think of it as a wellbeing spring clean. A gentle, honest rummage through what you have accumulated over the past three months and ask yourself what actually needs to stay.

Because here is what I notice. We are very good at accumulating things that weigh us down without quite realising we are doing it. Guilt creeps in. Perfectionism tightens its grip. Old beliefs that were never really ours to begin with quietly reassert themselves. People pleasing edges back in through the side door. Stress becomes the background hum we stop noticing because it has always been there.

So make a list of everything you are carrying right now that isn’t actually serving you. Be honest with yourself, as this is for you and no one else.

Then start to evaluate your list: What does holding onto this actually do for me? How does it serve me? What would it feel like to put it down?

And often, when we look clearly at what we are holding, we can start to see how it has been quietly sabotaging our best intentions. Not through any great dramatic failure. Just through the slow, steady weight of things we are carrying like excess baggage!

We also need to evaluate what is working and what you are doing well. So make a second list with all the aspects you are proud of, note the results you are seeing and celebrate all your wins – big, small and everything in between.

You now have an audit of your current life and can see how you are doing in relation to your intention for the year. You know what has been working and what hasn’t. You know where you have felt energised and where you have felt depleted. You know where you have felt genuinely alive.

Now it is time to ask what needs to be cleaned out and let go of, and what needs a good clean to add sparkle to your next 90 days. Which means what can you tweak? What can you recommit to? Are there any new ideas you wish to bring in? What do you need?

Give yourself permission and a bit of time over these next few days to spring clean your wellbeing and enjoy the process.

If this resonates, you can explore more reflections on renewal, reset, and personal growth across our blog posts.