It's the last day of 2025.

Wherever you are tonight, whether you're toasting with friends, watching the ball drop with family, or sitting in the quiet of your own space, I want to offer you something before the calendar turns.

Not resolutions.
Not goals.
Not pressure.

Just a practice.

The in-between days of Christmas and New Year hit different. This week I’m near Auburn, Alabama, living out of a golf cart instead of an inbox. The grass is dormant, the mornings are frosty, and yeah - even in the South the temps are below freezing. But that’s the beauty of it - quiet, still, peaceful. A hard reset without the hustle. Not the same golden rebirth I found in Kihei last year, nothing ever is, but it’s exactly the reset I needed heading into 2026.

Peace isn’t always palm trees and 80 degrees. Sometimes it’s dormant fairways, cold air on your face, and a sunrise over glass-calm water. That kind of calm that drops your shoulders and clears your head without saying a word.

2026 is coming fast, and if you’re paying attention, you can feel it already - a year of change for the world, for all of us. And change doesn’t scare me anymore. It invites me.

So here I am. Playing 18 holes at a time, grounding into what matters, and letting the rest fall away for a minute. There are good things ahead. Big ones. And I can feel the momentum building - not from pushing, but from resetting the compass.

Dormant grass. Cold temps. Peaceful heart. Eyes forward. Let’s go, 2026.

Earlier this year, I wrote about celebration as evidence recognition.

The idea is simple: most of us race from one thing to the next without ever stopping to see what we actually created along the way.

We blow past our own growth because we're too busy chasing the next thing.

Tonight, before 2025 ends, I'm inviting you to pause.

Not to judge the year. Not to grade yourself. Just to see it.

Grab a journal. Or a napkin. Or just hold these in your mind.

1. What is one piece of evidence I created in 2025 that I never stopped to acknowledge?

Not a vague gratitude. A specific moment.

A conversation you had.
A decision you made.
A time you showed up when it would have been easier not to.

Name it. Let yourself feel it.

2. What container served me this year that I'm ready to release?

A role.
A belief.
A relationship.
A way of operating.

Something that was useful for a season but has become too small.

You don't have to know what's next. Just name what's complete.

3. What do I want to feel more of in 2026?

Not what you want to achieve. What you want to feel.

Clarity.
Ease.
Aliveness.
Connection.
Freedom.

Get honest. Write it down.

This has been a year of transitions for me.

First season as a golf coach.
One full year of this newsletter.
Health challenges that taught me more than I expected.
Moments of deep alignment.
Moments of doubt.

All of it was the curriculum.

And all of it created evidence that I'm still becoming who I'm meant to be.

The same is true for you.

Whatever 2025 held, it wasn't wasted.

Carry forward what serves you. Release what doesn't. And trust that 2026 will meet you where you are.

Thank you for walking with me this year.

For reading.
For replying.
For doing the quiet, sacred work of becoming.

I'll see you on the other side.

Happy New Year.

-Coach Reg

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