#561 – When the Year Didn’t Go As Planned
The Sister Circle Podcast
Chrystal Evans Hurst
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Has this year left you feeling defeated? If you’re ready to give up after giving it all you had, this episode will give you the push needed to get up and fight another day.
In this teaching, I share my practical advice for starting over, even when it feels like things never work out. The truth is, you have no idea how close you are to winning the fight while you’re in it. Sometimes you just need a reminder that you have what it takes to try again.
Highlights from Today’s Episode
- Looking for the silver lining
- Learning how to fail forward
- Leaning into the beauty of this season
Related Resources
- Need more encouragement for starting again? Watch this podcast episode to learn How to Regain Motivation.
- Tired of drifting away from your goals? Check out this podcast episode on Finding Your Way Back.
- Reset for the year ahead with the Write It Down guide and the free Dream Builders Workshop.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. Thanks for listening to the Sister Circle podcast. |
| 0:07.1 | My name is Crystal Evanshurst, and I'm your host. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the podcast that's designed to help you live your life well and to make it a life you love. Listen, you get to choose. Have you ever ended a year |
| 0:30.2 | feeling like you were behind on something that at the start of the year you felt so confident |
| 0:34.7 | about? Or maybe you had plans and the interruptions you did not expect at all. |
| 0:40.5 | And so you're feeling not only behind but disappointed in the year that you've had. |
| 0:44.8 | Maybe there's a part of the year and you know exactly what it is. |
| 0:47.4 | If you could rewrite it, redo it, if you could change it, |
| 0:50.0 | you know that that would allow you to live the year that you actually wanted to have. |
| 0:54.5 | What's the biggest gap between what you've imagined and what's actually occurred? |
| 0:58.6 | If you are like more than 90% of the people alive, you are feeling at the end of this year, like, dang it, something didn't get done. |
| 1:06.0 | And I want you to know that you're okay. |
| 1:09.3 | So what do you do when you are looking at your year and it didn't |
| 1:13.4 | go quite as plan? Well, let's talk about that today. The majority of what you're able to do in this |
| 1:18.5 | world in your life is not about what happens to you. It's your attitude about it. We are all |
| 1:26.0 | motivated when we see people that are missing a limb or people that have |
| 1:29.1 | had some terrible tragedy or somebody who's fallen down in the middle of the race. We admire |
| 1:34.2 | people who are able to overcome that and still do something with their lives. Because it's not |
| 1:39.5 | about what happens to you. It's about your attitude about it and what you choose to do despite what happens. |
| 1:47.0 | Why is this so important for me to tell you right now? |
| 1:49.8 | Because stuff is going to happen. |
| 1:53.7 | Your plans are going to be interrupted. |
| 1:55.5 | As much as God loves you and wants you to experience not only his goodness in your life, but his purpose for your life. |
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