Reflecting on 2025
At the end of every month, I have a call with my clients.
November wasn’t any different.
But given the time of year, the conversations naturally drifted towards Christmas, the end of 2025 and plans for the year ahead.
I don’t know about anyone else but this year has absolutely flown by. I even went down a bit of a rabbit hole Googling whether our perception of time actually speeds up as we get older. Turns out, there are several theories suggesting it does. I’ll link the articles I found at the end of this post.
Over the weekend, I was writing up my notes from the client calls and reflecting on how much has happened in the past year:
how quickly the time has gone
how much has changed
and how clearly I can see the “compound effect” in action
If we rewind to December 2024, I was just starting my training for the London Marathon, I hadn’t even contemplated training as a therapist and ten of the clients I work with now weren’t even part of the service yet.
Fast forward to December 2025. There’s now a nice, shiny medal hanging on my wall and I’ve just handed in my first assignment on my advanced diploma, having finished the certificate over the summer.
I’ve recommended this before, but it’s worth repeating:
Go into your camera roll or Google Photos and simply scroll back through the year.It’s amazing how much you’ve forgotten. It’s surprising how much you’ve actually done.
And it’s grounding to see how much can change in just 12 months.
We often overestimate what we can do in a day or a week and underestimate what we can do in a year.
I’m a big believer in the compound effect. It’s been a while since I read it but The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy is absolutely worth picking up.
The central idea is simple:
Small, consistent, almost unnoticeable actions, repeated over time, lead to big results.
And reflecting on some of the incredible progress many of my clients have made this year really shows just how true that is. Whether it’s personal best half-marathons, fat loss or epic triathlons, it’s all happened from the compound effect.
If you have ambitions; personal, professional, emotional or physical and there are things you want to achieve in 2026, know this:
You absolutely have the ability to make them happen.
Not through sudden bursts of perfection.
But through quiet, steady consistency.
A little every day. A little every week. Let time do the heavy lifting.
If you need a helping hand, I’m only a message away.
Do we perceive time differently as we grow older?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/out-of-the-darkness/202409/why-does-time-seem-to-speed-up-as-we-get-older
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20051665/