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Hi friend,
Before the year fills itself in, can we pause for a second?
Not to plan.
Not to optimize.
Not to decide.
Just this:
How do you actually want to feel this year?
This isn’t about resolutions.
It’s about realizations.
There is a strange, unmarked week that lives between the holidays and the New Year. Not quite last year. Not quite the next.
Let’s take advantage of this weird week to notice before anything moves forward.
🔥Tiny Rebellion
Instead of A Vision Board
Instead of using a vision board to decide what you should achieve, ask yourself how you want this upcoming year to feel.
Not aspirational hustle.
Not a highlight reel.
Just orientation.
The pace or peace you want to protect.
What drains you, what doesn’t.
What you’re no longer available for.
What “enough” actually looks like.
This isn’t about balance, because we all know life isn’t distributed evenly.
It’s about focusing on what matters, so everything else doesn’t get equal weight.
💡 How This Helps
Most vision boards are built around achievements.
Goals. Outcomes. Future versions of ourselves.
That gives our brains more to juggle.
More things to track.
More “not yet.”
More mental tabs left open.
In psychology, this is often described as cognitive load and attention residue, where unfinished goals and competing priorities keep running in the background, even when we’re trying to rest.
A feelings-first vision board exercise works differently.
Instead of organizing around what we want to achieve, we organize around how we want to feel.
That gives our attention a simpler filter.
Fewer places to go.
Less urgency competing for our energy.
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It's not a plan. It’s not a goal sheet.
It’s just a place to notice what you want to feel more of, less of, and what makes you feel like yourself.
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Hit reply and tell us one feeling you want more room for this year,
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Let the thing that fills the year be how you want to feel.
✨See you next week,

Sara Reiner, Founder
P.S. Remember, this isn’t about resolutions, it’s about realizations. 💖
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