Mid-Year Check-In: Are You Creating the Life You Actually Want?

If you're anything like me, you're probably wondering how on Earth is it the middle of June already?! I distinctly remember journalling on the morning of New Years Day with my desires, my hopes, my plans for the year ahead. Maybe you were the same. And yet... here we are, halfway through, and maybe it doesn't quite look or feel the way you hoped it would.

You had some beautiful intentions for this year; maybe big plans, but also maybe some quiet ones. More peace. More clarity. More play. More rest. Maybe this was going to be the year you stopped doing mental gymnastics trying to accommodate everyone else, and actually started prioritising you. It just... hasn't quite happened yet.

You started so strong: a few books, the perfect podcast, a solid commitment to daily walks (your 'me time'), journalling. But then life happened — March happened (IYKYK!) —and somehow you've set up camp in the habits that keep you in survival (and people-pleasing) mode, rather than on the path of your desires.

If you're noticing that you're actually feeling stuck right now, there is plenty of time (and plenty of ways) to get some momentum. To take action. To get unstuck.

One of my favourite parts of numerology is the energy that comes with the year. We each have our own individual cycle, but collectively, in 2025, we're experiencing a 9 Year. The final chapter in a 9-year cycle.

It's a year of completion, endings, and tying up loose ends that have been weighing you down, dragging you back, or keeping you snagged in place for years. This year is calling us into evolution by wrapping up the old and walking into the new.

It's actually one of the harder years in terms of numerology but it's incredibly important for our growth.

In a 9 Year, it's common to feel tired. Defeated. Destabilised. Disappointed. Done. If this is you... I see you. Clearing out the old is hard. Even if you know that life is "pruning" you, it can still feel like torture having your branches clipped.

It's making way for your next adventure. Even if you don't know what that is yet (you're probably not meant to know what that is yet).

So, if you've been resisting the letting go, there's still time to lean in. It might be letting go of a job, a relationship or friendship, an idea of how your life is supposed to look, or just feeling like you need to be in control of everything. There's still time to make the most of this year's energy.

If your inner world has been noisy or muddled lately, you don't have to sit in it. I know it's familiar. I know you probably don't know what to do. I know that life has thrown you some curveballs that you're trying to juggle. But remember, this is the year to put down those habits.

Taking time to reflect can actually be a really powerful way to start. I know it sounds so simple, but it's a circuit-breaker. It gets you out of the loop, out of the spiral, and pausing so you can purposefully choose a different path.

Test out these. You don’t need to force an answer. Just let whatever wants to come up, come up.

• What have I been tolerating that my soul is done with?

• What parts of me are ready to be released — even if I’m scared to let them go?

• What do I actually want the second half of the year to feel like?

• What did I want in January and is it still the same now?

• What support might I need to move from stuck to momentum?

So if you’re standing in the middle of this year wondering how did I get here? or what now? — take that as your sign. There’s no “right” way to pivot. Sometimes it’s a bold leap. Sometimes it’s a soft shift. But instead of seeing yourself as 'stuck', perhaps you're actually at a threshold. One that’s asking for honesty, compassion, and maybe a little courage to move.

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