Whether you celebrate the holidays or not, this time of year tends to make us want to reflect on the past year. The end of the calendar year, plus the longer nights in the northern hemisphere make me want to look inward. I have often fallen into the trap of using end of year reflections to try to make myself into a Whole New Person in the new year. That’s a lot of pressure to put on myself! Especially going into cold, grey January, which is often colder and more wintery than December in the UK. I’ve been trying to do more gentle reflections to lead to more realistic planning in the past few years, and I wanted to share some of my tips with you all.