B. the healthy change 2026
Once again, a new year shows up ahead of us. A year that will likely bring change.
As in previous years, there’s a visual journey covering aspects of change - this year with a focus on “healthy”.
Healthy - you ask? Is this about health advice now? Fear not: nobody on here is going to talk you out of holiday cookies or New Year’s Eve sparkling festivities.
Rather, there will be an exploration of how change can happen organically and in a healthy way: with less stress and less negative emotions than are often associated with change.
Follow along and enjoy!
NB: this is the 2026 calendar on change. It was available to clients, business partners, and friends.
See the calendar pages
Resting does not imply going back to the past nor reverting to old habits. Rather, it’s enjoying and savouring what is already done, breathing it in, stopping at a rest point or a plateau.
Change can certainly feel a lot like work, true.
I can also be joyful. Especially if we incorporate little and big moments of joy and sparkle into our (daily) life.
There are many ways to initiate or instigate change. Some one can tell us to do it. We can tell someone else to do it. Or we can do it all by ourselves. Or…
… we play as a true team. On a level playing field.
Change is an emotional time, no doubt about it. We’re grieving what we’re leaving behind and we don’t yet know if things will work out, and if so whether they’ll do so as intended.
Bottling up or even negating those emotions is like putting a lid on a pressure cooker: the steam WILL come out eventually. We can only hope for some warning signs and that no one is near when it happens.
When working on change (of whatever colour and destination) - boundaries might actually be helpful.
Boundaries are for you and about you. They’re not how you want other people to behave, they’re about what you will tolerate. And only you can define that.
In leaps and bounds sounds so “easy”: quick progress, change at its finest.
The thing is - sometimes the leaps and bounds are literal, and the terrain not quite as easy as it would seem.
Some (change) paths seem to go on and on and on. Seemingly a never-ending slog.
It happens.
Sometimes we are very sure about what we think is around and / or ahead of us. And then we look up, and there’s more. So much more. Or something different. Maybe even hiding in plain sight.
Listen to yourself, and don’t shy away from a reasonable challenge!
Habits are useful - until they’re not.
“It’s always been this way” is a strong indicator that somewhere along the line, something may have frozen.
And that needs to be defrosted. We’ll be fine!
Being different or wanting to be different is a starting point. The question is: different how?
So where will you be this year? And what difference might actually be helpful to you?
Have fun on this journey of discovery!
Every year, I craft a picture story about and around one of my business topics using my own photography for it. It’s a storyline on change. Told in snippets and pics. My own thoughts on rumination, intended as a making of “behind the scenes”.
In a fast-paced environment, it’s easy to loose perspective: Some things (still) need time. Like a growth cycle.