🛠️ What Am I Doing?

I love the end of the year (more so than Christmas, if I am honest). I was lucky enough to take most of December off and, as such, I’m well-rested and feeling good about 2026. I hope you are too.

Due to my annual leave, December has been relatively quiet. A few business highlights include launching a new product (the Personal Systems Pack) and delivering a new course to some local clients (Delivering Effective Feedback). I did not coach much in December and have some capacity for new coaching clients in January, so if this is something you’ve been thinking about, contact me, and we can chat more.

I did my annual review yesterday and set goals for 2026. If you’ve followed me for a while, you will know I love choosing a word for the year. My word for 2026 is STRENGTH. It’s about physical and mental strength (I’m training for a half-marathon in April and am a few years off my 50th birthday, so health is top of mind). It’s also about building resilience in several areas of my life. I’ve set some gentle goals: two are financial, one is business-related, one is a fitness goal (complete the half-marathon; no time goal, just completion), one relates to friends, and the other is creative. I also have some interesting experiments taking shape.

I think that’s it, so all that remains to be said is Happy New Year. I’ll update this page at the end of January 2026. Could you start a /Now page in 2026?

📺 What Am I Watching?

I’ve watched The Holiday this month, because… Christmas (it’s the only Christmas film I like to watch every year).

TV-wise, I finished Pluribus and thought it was excellent. It has not topped Severance for me, but it came pretty close. I re-watched The Night Manager (season 1: excellent) in preparation for season 2, which comes out in January.

🧠 What Am I Learning?

During my annual review, I noticed I had taken fewer courses this year than I usually do. I plan to fix that in 2026, so I have started this course on Google Sheets and this pixel art course.

🎧 What Am I Listening to?

My favourite podcast episode this month is "8 Ways to Eat Better in 2026" from Zoe Science and Nutrition, featuring Professors Tim Spector and Sarah Berry. The reason I love the Zoe podcast so much is that it is entirely based on science, rather than health trends. I love the show so much that I became a Zoe member this month (I’ll share details in my weekly newsletter). I also discovered The Dish podcast this month (I know, I’m late to the party!) and thought it was fun.

📚 What am I Reading?

I set myself the goal of reading 52 books in 2025 and managed 50… I am going to call that a win. That’s the last time I set a reading goal like that, though, as I recognised (probably halfway through the year) that reading slowly is so much better. Reading in 2026 will be about quality over quantity. You can see the books I read in 2025 and what I am reading here: Martine’s Library.