Honesty is where momentum starts.
December is a funny month.
People feel the shift coming — the itch for change, the internal nudge, the awareness that something in their life is asking to evolve.
But instead of moving, they wait.
They tell themselves,
“I’ll start in January.”
“After the holidays.”
It’s too busy right now.”
“Next year will be different.”
What I’ve seen over and over — in clients, executives, entrepreneurs — is this:
Awareness can feel like progress. But it’s not really.
Because without movement, awareness just becomes another delay tactic (and trust me, I let myself stay “aware” for a couple of years before I ever did anything about it).
Last week, when I wrote about my decision to stop drinking, something clicked for me that had nothing to do with alcohol.
I realized the decision wasn’t about alcohol at all — it was about honesty and alignment.
It was about finally admitting that I’d known this truth for a long time… which was that alcohol was no longer adding anything good to my life, and that it was time to stop pretending it was ‘no big deal.’
Because awareness didn’t change anything for me.
The decision to do something about it did.
That’s the thing about momentum:
It usually begins with one honest moment.
Not a dramatic overhaul.
Not a New Year’s plan.
Just a quiet shift inside that says:
This doesn’t match who I’m becoming anymore.
And once you feel that truth, you can’t un-feel it.
Momentum isn’t built from hype or motivation.
It’s built from small, aligned moves — the kind you make when no one’s watching.
It looks like:
- sending the message you’ve been avoiding
- setting the boundary you’ve been dancing around
- letting go of the habit you’ve outgrown
- taking the first step toward the thing you keep postponing
It can be subtle, or it can be loud.
But it’s honest.
And it’s not for show.
This is the type of decision that creates more sustainable change than any resolution ever will.
Real transformation never begins on January 1st.
It begins the moment you choose to stop carrying what no longer fits.
If you’re ready to enter 2026 with direction and clarity — not pressure, not resolutions — The North Star Method is the perfect place to begin.
It’s a framework for building a life led by vision and alignment, not burnout and overdrive.
