4 Simple Ways to Reset Your 2025 Mid-Year
Are you feeling like you’re falling behind on your 2025 goals?
Are you wondering if you should abandon your goals altogether because your life looks totally different than when this year started?
Are you thinking you need to hit a life reset button in order to start the last 6 months of this year?
Whether you answered “yes” to one or all of these, we understand! We’ve been in your shoes before, and know it can be frustrating to get halfway through a calendar year, look at the life around you, and whisper despairingly, “What’s this?”
No matter which category you fall into, here are four simple steps to reevaluate your goals, realign your mindsets, and reset your life!
Step #1: Reevaluate Your Goals
When revisiting your goals you wrote down at the start of 2025, one thing is for certain: you need to look at this last half of the year as a separate entity from the first half. Think of it this way: there’s a reason sports games have halftimes! Some teams are getting clobbered by the opponent by the time they return to the field house. And after a pep talk from the coach (and maybe even a little snack), they run out onto the field and end up winning the entire game.
You must do the same with your goals for this year.
Give yourself grace. Realize that your life might look totally different than it did 6 months ago (God knows mine does!) This means you have new needs, new priorities, and new commitments.
So, let’s just be honest and real with ourselves: Some goals, you will need to axe. Some goals, you will need to keep. And some goals, you will need to edit.
Therefore, when you sit down to reevaluate your goals, separate them into the following three categories: Save, edit, and delete.
Save - these are goals you will keep working toward in the next 6 months.
Edit - these are goals you still want to work toward but might need to change the wording, deadline, or both in order to fit it in with your new priorities and commitments.
Example: Your goal at the beginning of this year was this: “I will start an online Etsy business by 12/31/25.” However, between then and now, maybe you’ve gotten a new job. Maybe you’ve experienced health issues that require your attention. Maybe your family is going through a rough patch and needs more of your time.
Instead of getting rid of the goal, edit it to make it more realistic. Instead, change the wording to fit your new needs and priorities: “I will research how to start an online business and create a business plan that is ready to enact by 12/31/25.
See there? You still kept the bones of the goal, but gave yourself some grace. Because if you didn’t meet that goal just because your life changed a bit, chances are you would never get the drive and courage to start the business. And that business? Well . . .it could very well change your life.
Delete - these are goals you no longer want to work towards. This is the hardest category to deal with. Remember . . . give yourself grace! Goals aren’t permanent, and they’re meant to empower you and challenge you. If it’s hindering you, why would you hold onto it?
Step #2: Write Them Down (Again)
Now that you’ve sorted through your goals and chosen which ones to save, edit, and delete, you need to write them down again.
You may have already written them down somewhere. And that’s great! Now, write them down again. Etch them on a sticky note, create a cute Canva graphic, or type them in your Notes app on your phone. You can even take the list you wrote at the beginning of the year (with deleted goals scratched out, of course) and post it somewhere new!
Either way, just make sure you’re looking at your goals through fresh eyes! This step might seem slightly ridiculous, but human beings are visual and hands-on learners. If we’re writing down a new list, we get excited to check them off. If we move the sticky note to another place in our house, it clears the clutter in our minds a bit and frees us to focus on actually achieving our goals instead of dreaming about them.
Make sure, also, to write down your deleted goals on a piece of paper and get rid of it. Throw it away. Tear it up. Burn it. Either way, you need to visualize getting rid of these goals that no longer fit your life, priorities, or commitments.
Again, it’s okay to let go of goals! If it doesn’t empower, challenge, or excite you, then it’s probably a hindrance. And it could be a hindrance to you achieving your other goals, too. We don’t want that!
Step #3: Get a Game Plan
Now comes the hands-on, “put-your-game-face-on” part: sit down with your calendar. You have 6 months (well, a little under 6 by the time you’re reading this) left of 2025. That’s the equivalent of:
2 three-month quarters
6 months
26 weeks
183 days
With your calendar in front of you, figure out what you need to do in each quarter, month, and week in order to meet your goal.
Here’s an example: Let’s say you want to implement daily exercise into your routine by the end of the year. This is what breaking down your goals over time will look like:
1st quarter (July - September): You will exercise 3-4 days per week.
July: You will exercise 1-2 days per week.
August: You will exercise 2-3 days per week.
September: You will exercise 3-4 days per week.
2nd quarter (October - December): You will exercise 6-7 days per week.
October: You will exercise 4-5 days per week
November: You will exercise 5-6 days per week.
December: You will exercise 6-7 days per week.
And boom! Goal met!
Step #4: Have Fun
Challenging yourself and becoming a better version of yourself spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally should be fun! Yes, it’s hard work. Yes, it means difficult days and lots of pep talks. But just imagine how great you are going to feel once you finally accomplish that goal you’ve stuck with since the beginning of 2025!
Someone in my Bible Study group explained it to me like this the other day: “The work we do is an act of worship to God.”
So the work you’re putting in exercising the body God gave you? It’s an act of worship.
The work you’re putting in at your job that’s related to your purpose (or is even maybe just a placeholder job right now)? An act of worship.
The work you’re putting in consuming healthy foods for the body God gave you? An act of worship.
The work you’re putting into your marriage? An act of worship.
The work you’re putting into your family? An act of worship.
Work and worship both have incredible, mood-boosting moments and difficult, grueling experiences. Let the good days overpower the bad . . . and motivate you to keep pushing through the hard days.
And voila! You’re done with your mid-year reset.
Some people also like to take this time to clean out their spaces, do some organizing, and clear out old pictures on their phones. And if you feel led to do that, then awesome!
Mid-year resets look different for everybody. The important things to remember are:
Your goals are supposed to help you, not hinder you.
Give yourself grace.
And most importantly . . . walk in God’s strength! He loves nothing more than to help His daughters on their journeys to stewarding the life, body, people, and purpose He gave them.
Happy mid-year resetting!
P.S. Want someone to keep you accountable? Share your goals with us down below or shoot us a quick email! We’ll share one of ours with you, too. 🙂
