What You Keep

The year holds many moments. Most will fade naturally, and that is fine. But some deserve to be kept. Today, choose which ones.

Not the grand gestures or public achievements. Those announce themselves. Choose instead the small moments that changed something in you. The conversation that shifted your perspective. The morning when you noticed something you had missed before. The decision that felt right even when it was hard. The quiet afternoon when everything felt aligned.

Write down three of these moments. Not paragraphs. Just enough detail to bring them back. The light in the room. The words that landed. The feeling that followed. These are your anchors. They remind you of who you became this year, not just what you did.

Keep these notes where you will find them in March, in June, in October. When the year feels distant, these memories will bring you back to what mattered. They are not trophies. They are touchstones. They help you remember the version of yourself who learned, who grew, who chose well.

The year ends tonight. But what you keep does not end with it. It becomes part of what you carry into the next.