Course Correction

The first month of 2026 is coming to a close next week! How are you feeling? How are your goals?

This generally caused me stress. Grand plans start showing cracks. And once I start slipping, it’s hard to get it back. Most aspirations fall by the wayside by spring…

Ouch. Quite demoralizing. That’s why I liked this thinking from author Kevin John Delaney.

Commercial airplanes offer a helpful reminder. After a plane takes off, it's slightly off course for much of the journey. What matters isn’t flawless precision—it’s the constant course corrections made along the way. Small adjustments. Repeated often. That’s how a plane arrives where it intends to go. What small correction would bring me closer to the life I want to be living right now?

Recalibration > Reinvention. A reminder to move away from sweeping resolutions towards better systems. And tweak those systems periodically — and soon you’ll arrive!