BONUS | Another Year Gone By. What Have You Done?

December 31, 2025

3 min episode · 2 min read

Episode

3 min

Read time

2 min

AI-Generated Summary

Published Jan 1, 2026

Key Takeaways

✓Year-end reflection: Assess what you accomplished versus intended twelve months ago, identifying gaps between goals set and actions taken to understand patterns of falling short or succeeding with commitments.
✓Marcus Aurelius death exercise: Imagine your life ended today and consider what remains undone, then use this perspective to identify regrets and priorities before living what remains with renewed intention and purpose.
✓Second chance mindset: Treat each new year as a resurrection opportunity rather than continuation of old patterns, actively choosing to start and stop specific behaviors instead of repeating previous year's mistakes unconsciously.

What It Covers

Ryan Holiday reflects on the year's end, challenging listeners to evaluate their progress and use Marcus Aurelius's death meditation to reset priorities for 2026.

Key Questions Answered

•Year-end reflection: Assess what you accomplished versus intended twelve months ago, identifying gaps between goals set and actions taken to understand patterns of falling short or succeeding with commitments.
•Marcus Aurelius death exercise: Imagine your life ended today and consider what remains undone, then use this perspective to identify regrets and priorities before living what remains with renewed intention and purpose.
•Second chance mindset: Treat each new year as a resurrection opportunity rather than continuation of old patterns, actively choosing to start and stop specific behaviors instead of repeating previous year's mistakes unconsciously.

Notable Moment

Holiday frames the new year not as fresh start optimism but as borrowed time after imagining death, creating urgency to change behavior patterns rather than repeat them.

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