"January Me" and "July Me"

January Me Walked In With A Mission.

2025, baby. Fresh goals. Clean slates. Big energy.

She was focused, ambitious, and hopeful. And, if I'm being honest, actively stifling a fear. The fear of repeating old patterns. Of wasting time. Of not getting it right, yet again.

She had a plan. A schedule. A system.

Now it’s July. And this version of Me?

She’s maybe not as polished. But she’s more honest.

Less obsessed with the outcome. More curious about the process. And quietly wondering if growth is happening… even when it doesn’t look like it.

So I sat us down for a little check-in, January Me and July Me, to talk it through.

Here's how it went...

January Me: “You said this was the year. The year we’d stick to the plan. So… what happened?”

July Me: “I could say life, life’d. But honestly? I happened. Old habits resurfaced. Unspoken fears faced. Some avoidance. Some anxiety. Some triggers I hadn’t anticipated.”

January Me: “But we had systems. You were so clear in the beginning.”

July Me: “I thought I was clear. But maybe I was just trying to force control over things I couldn’t.”

It’s the middle of the year.

I'm not at the fresh start. Not at the victorious ending. But in the messy middle.

I’m standing in the tension between who I said I’d be, and who I actually am.

July Me: “I’ve made mistakes. Overestimated and Underestimated myself and the power I gave others over me. Chose comfort when I knew I needed challenge. But I’ve also made space for re-alignment. For owning my part in this, without shame.”

January Me: “That's all cool, but what now?”

July Me: “Now, I get real. Not with who I thought I’d be, but with who I still could become. Because I want December Me to be proud. Not of how perfect I was, but of how honest I got.”

This is where most people quietly quit. Because they’re disoriented.

July Me is Trying to Figure Herself Out

Are you here too, reader? Yes you!

Are you here with me? That in-between space? The part of the year where everything feels unclear, unsure, unmeasured… or a little unsteady?

This is where many high-functioning, ambitious minds start to spiral:

“I should’ve been further.”

“I should’ve stuck to the plan.”

“I’m falling behind.”

But my 'July Me' wants to share something with your 'July You'

Revisit January’s vision. Not to judge yourself. But to reintroduce yourself to your “why.”

I've been asking myself...

• What patterns have I outgrown, even if I haven’t fully let them go.

• Where did I self-sabotage? How, did I get in my own way (unintentionally of course)

• What does December Me need from me now? Not to finish perfectly, but to finish honestly?

'July Me' isn’t a hero (she doesn't have it all figured out) nor the villain (she's not toe be blamed or shamed for not checking all the boxes).

She’s the witness and the warrior.

And she gets to decide if the second half of the year tells a story of avoidance or of awareness.

Reflection Prompt: It's halfway through the year.

What does this 'July Me' need to own, release, and recommit to, so that 'December Me' can look back with respect?

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