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School of Self-Image

468: 5 Things I'm Doing to End the Year With a Bang

School of Self-Image

Tonya Leigh

Self-improvement, Fashion & Beauty, Education, Arts

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Join us for The Curated Year Workshop when you step inside the School of Self-Image membership: https://schoolofselfimage.com/join

There's something in the air this time of year – that collective "Let's coast until January" energy. But I've decided… I'm not coasting. I'm not crawling to the finish line. I am finishing this year strong, walking into the next with confidence, gratitude, sparkle, and a glass of champagne in hand.

In this episode, I'm sharing five unexpected ways to close this year with a bang and set yourself up for success in the year ahead. This isn't about hustling. It's about being intentional, focusing on what matters, and deciding who you want to become.

Because the energy you close the year with is the same energy you carry into the next one.

Here's what we cover:

• Why how you finish the year determines the energy you bring into the next one

• The power of wrapping up loose ends and honoring your original intentions

• How deepening relationships through gratitude strengthens connection and joy

• Ways to take exquisite care of your body – not from pressure, but from self-respect

• The freedom and creativity that come from doing less and focusing on what matters

• How to curate your year with reflection, intention, and a conscious close to the season

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0:00.0

There is something about this time of the year. I mean, you can feel it, that collective exhale,

0:07.3

the let's just coast until January energy. But I've decided I am not coasting this year. I want to

0:13.4

end this year so proud, not crawling to the finish line, but walking across it with confidence

0:19.9

and gratitude and maybe even

0:22.9

a little sparkle and definitely a glass of champagne in hand. Because how we finish matters. The energy

0:29.9

that we close the year with is the same energy that we're going to be carrying into the next one.

0:35.3

And I don't want to be dragging stress and unfinished business and clutter

0:40.1

or maybe next year's into 2026. I want to bring momentum and clarity and ease. So this episode is about

0:50.2

how I'm doing that. Five ways that I am personally ending the year with a bang. And for me,

0:55.9

that doesn't mean hustling. It means finishing strong by being intentional about what matters,

1:03.1

what I love, and who I'm becoming. Welcome to the School of Self Image, where our motto is simple.

1:10.9

Elevate your self-image, elevate your life.

1:13.8

I'm Tanya Lee, your hostess, and I'll guide you to become the woman who doesn't just dream bigger.

1:18.7

She lives bigger.

1:20.1

Let's dive in.

1:22.9

Hello, friends, and welcome to this episode.

1:26.6

I want to share with you the five things that I am doing to end the year with a bank.

1:31.7

Number one, I have decided to wrap up loose ends. Now, let me give you a little bit of a backstory.

1:39.5

Every year, I choose a word to guide me, and this year, my word was essentialism. Focusing on less but better,

1:48.5

focusing on what truly matters the most. I even made a very fancy plan for myself back in January

1:55.7

with monthly projects, each one designed to help me focus on less but better. Now, if you're in the membership,

2:02.2

you probably remember that this was a bonus that I included last January. And I was on a role.

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