Finish 2026 Strong! How to Make the Rest of This Year Count

Written By Cassidyy Atkins

What would it take for you to get to the end of this year and honestly say, “That was an incredible year”?

I want you to really think about that because we’re at the point where a lot of people start mentally checking out. We look at what hasn’t happened, decide there isn’t enough time left, and tell ourselves we’ll start fresh in January.

I don’t want you to do that.

You still have time.

In this episode of The You Are More Podcast, I’m talking about something I want you to carry with you through the rest of this year:

Movement is medicine.

Small, consistent steps create big outcomes. You don’t have to change your entire life overnight, but you do need to start moving.

Maybe that means taking a 10-minute walk after dinner. Maybe it means making the phone calls you’ve been avoiding. Maybe it means changing something in your finances, your career, your relationships, your health, or your calling.

The question is: What does movement look like for you?

I’m also talking about what happens when we keep doing the same things and wondering why nothing changes. I recently realized I had been having basically the same conversation with my husband for a year and a half, and eventually I had to admit that if I wanted a different result, I needed to do something differently.

Sometimes we have to break the Groundhog Day cycle.

In this episode, I share a morning when I had barely slept, my alarm went off at 5:00, and everything in me wanted to stay in bed. Instead of thinking about the whole workout, I told myself to put one foot on the ground.

One step.

Then another.

That morning reminded me that confidence gets built in those small moments when you honor the commitments you make to yourself.

I’m also talking about why one bad choice doesn’t need to become a bad day. One meal off your plan doesn’t mean the rest of the day is ruined. One setback doesn’t mean you wait until Monday to start again.

Just get back into movement.

If you don’t want the same life, eventually you have to move into some areas that scare you. You have to make the call, take the risk, have the conversation, or make the decision.

Your future self will thank you for the things you’re willing to do today.

And when everything around you feels uncertain, come back to what you can control. You can control your actions. You can control your attitude. You can control your response. You can control whether or not you take the next step.

I’m also sharing why I believe we have to train our brains to look for wins. What you think about, you bring about, and what you look for, you will find. If you constantly look for rejection, difficulty, and everything going wrong, you’ll find plenty of evidence.

But you can train yourself to look for what is good too.

So here’s my challenge:

Move your health forward.

Move your finances forward.

Move your relationships forward.

Move your calling forward.

You don’t have to do everything today.

Just move.

Faith is an action. Movement is faith.

Let’s get to the end of this year and be able to say, Look what the Lord has done. I went for it. I took the risk. I did the thing.

You were not created to play small.

Keep moving. Dream big. Go big.

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Episode Minute By Minute:

  • 00:00 – Welcome

  • 01:00 – What Would Make This an Incredible Year?

  • 02:00 – Don’t Write the Year Off Yet

  • 03:00 – Small Steps Create Big Outcomes

  • 04:00 – Movement Is Medicine

  • 05:00 – Break the Groundhog Day Cycle

  • 06:00 – Control What You Can Control

  • 07:15 – Keep Your Commitments to Yourself

  • 08:30 – One Bad Decision Doesn’t Ruin the Day

  • 09:30 – Move Every Area of Your Life Forward

  • 10:30 – Move Into What Scares You

  • 11:15 – Your Future Self Will Thank You

  • 12:00 – You Can’t Move a Parked Car

  • 13:00 – Keep Evolving

  • 14:00 – Train Your Brain to Look for Wins

  • 15:00 – What You Look for, You Find

  • 15:40 – Faith Is Action. Movement Is Faith.

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