Why High Achievers Don’t Wait for January
December is the month when most people start coasting. They wait. They drift. They tell themselves, “I’ll start in January.”
But high achievers don’t let the month decide the momentum.
They know momentum is a mindset, not a date.
And when it’s time, it’s time.
IT’S TIME TO STOP GIVING YOUR CALENDAR THE POWER TO DECIDE WHEN YOUR LIFE CHANGES
Waiting is just fear wrapped in logic.
And I don’t say that with judgment — I say it with love, because I’ve lived it (More on this shortly)
THE DECISION YOU’VE BEEN CIRCLING
At some point, every high achiever feels it — that quiet pull toward a decision they’ve been circling for months… sometimes years.
The thing you keep thinking about.
The thing you keep delaying.
The thing you promise you’ll start “once life settles.”
You already know what it is (don’t you?)
It’s the decision that keeps coming back to you.
The one that rises up at night when everything is quiet.
The one you feel in your gut before it ever makes it onto your calendar.
Every person I’ve ever coached has that decision.
Not the easy one — the meaningful one.
The one that would actually shift everything.
I MADE THE DECISION AND STOPPED WAITING
This month, I faced mine.
I made a decision I could have easily pushed to January. A decision I could have justified delaying until my birthday, or after the holidays.
The decision was alcohol.
I’ve done Dry January plenty of times over the years. It became a tradition — a way to start the year fresh, focused, and clear. But this time, the question that came up for me wasn’t, “Should I do Dry January?” It was, “Why wait until January?” Why wait at all?
If alcohol isn’t adding anything meaningful to my life (and it’s not), then what exactly was I holding onto?
I’ve shared many times this year that I’ve taken somewhat of a work sabbatical to focus on my own healing — trauma therapy, emotional work, and building deeper awareness within myself.
Through this healing work, I became more aware of the moments I reached for a drink — not out of need, but out of conditioning… out of a lifetime of using it to unwind, to celebrate, or to soften my mind.
And what surprised me most was this:
The more I heal, the less pull alcohol has in my life.
I’m realizing I don’t actually need it — and in most moments, I don’t even want it.
I’m not announcing I’ll never drink again — that’s not the point.
But I am clear on this: I’ll be alcohol-free now through 2026.
Especially because… I don’t think I’ve had a full year without alcohol my entire adult life! And that realization alone showed me how overdue this decision was — not because of a problem, but because of a pattern that doesn’t fit who I’m becoming.
So no, alcohol isn’t destroying my life. But it is dulling my life.
And that’s enough for me to break up with it.
I want to be clear: this isn’t really about alcohol (in the past I’ve made this decision about career, eating habits, exercise, people…)
This is about alignment.
Personally, I don’t want to enter my 50s numbed or dull.
And I knew that if I kept drinking through the holidays, January would be another clean-up job instead of a new beginning.
And I’m not interested in spending another year cleaning up habits that don’t match the woman I’m becoming.
Know what I mean?
THIS PART IS REALLY ABOUT YOU
The bigger question here is:
What’s the decision you already know you need to make?
High achievers don’t need resolutions.
We need bold unapologetic truths that we are willing to live by.
So what truth has been tugging at you?
Maybe it’s something you need to release.
Maybe it’s something you need to commit to.
Maybe it’s a habit that doesn’t match your next-level identity.
Maybe it’s a boundary you’ve been too tired to set.
Maybe it’s a calling you’ve been whispering to yourself for years.
You already know the answer.
For me, the truth was simple:
If something drains your energy, steals your confidence, or dulls your intuition — it doesn’t belong in your life anymore.
IF YOU WANT A NEW KIND OF NEW YEAR…
If this message stirred something in you, then you’re ready for a different kind of year — one rooted in identity, not resolutions.
This is the perfect moment to get The North Star Method for yourself or someone you love.
It’s not a “fresh start” book.
It’s a becoming book.
A guide that shows you how to rise above goal-setting and create a vision that actually sticks — a vision that becomes who you are.
📘 Give it to yourself or gift it this season.
Because nothing says “new chapter” like choosing the woman or man you want to be — before the year even begins.
