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You promised to put yourself first this year, but are you?

Updated: Feb 19


Every year, you say you are going to put yourself first.


You talk about self-care, boundaries, and intention.


You mean it when you say it.


You genuinely want to slow down, check in with yourself, and stop living on autopilot.



Then the year begins.

Work picks up.

Messages start arriving.

People need things.

Your calendar fills with obligations and expectations.


Without a dramatic decision or a clear turning point, your own needs begin to slide quietly into the background again.

You still show up.

You still get things done.

You still carry a lot.


From the outside, your life looks responsible and productive.


From the inside, there is a quieter feeling that is harder to name. It feels as though you promised yourself something important, and slowly drifted away from it.


Putting yourself first becomes something you plan to do, rather than something you actually practice. It lives in future intentions instead of daily decisions.



9 Questions to ask yourself


Below are 9 practical questions designed to help you notice how your days are actually functioning.


They show you where your attention is going, what is shaping your decisions, and whether you are choosing yourself as often as you said you would.


They are here to help you see whether your own priorities have real space in your life, or whether they are quietly being postponed while everything else takes the lead.




Mental load and pressure



  1. Are you giving yourself space to empty the mental noise, or are you carrying the same thoughts from yesterday into today?


  2. Are you noticing when your mind is crowded with worries, reminders, and unfinished thoughts, or are you just pushing through them?


  3. Are you noticing when your inner critic is influencing your choices, or are you mistaking it for logic?




Clarity and direction



  1. Are you taking time to organise your thinking, or letting everything feel equally urgent?


  2. Are you separating what actually matters from what is just loud?


  3. Are you creating a clear route forward, or reacting moment by moment without a plan?




Desire and excitement



  1. Are you visualising where you are going, or only focusing on what needs to be dealt with today?


  2. Are you following what genuinely excites you, or defaulting to what feels responsible or expected?


  3. Are you checking in with what you want, or postponing your desires until everything else is done?





Your promise did not disappear. It slipped out of your daily decisions.


If some of those questions felt uncomfortable, they are pointing to the same pattern you recognised at the start of this post.


You promised to put yourself first this year. You meant it.

Then the days filled up with responsibilities, expectations and other people’s needs. The promise did not disappear in one big moment. It slipped quietly out of your daily decisions.


You stay responsible.

You keep things running.

You respond to what is needed and what feels sensible in the moment.


Your own priorities move further down the list, not because they do not matter, but because everything else keeps getting handled first.

Over time, your life becomes organised around what must be done rather than what you actually want.


The promise to put yourself first remains something you think about, while your real choices continue to place you somewhere near the end of your own day.


YOU MATTER



This is why we created the Grid Society Morning Reset


If your priorities keep slipping to the end of the day, the problem is not a lack of intention. The problem is that nothing in your day is designed to protect your direction before everything else begins.


The Morning Reset gives you a short, structured space at the start of the day where your attention comes back to you first, so putting yourself first becomes a daily action, not a yearly promise.



What the Morning Reset helps you do


  • Start the day with your own priorities before other people’s requests take over


  • Clear mental noise so your decisions come from clarity, not pressure


  • Turn vague intentions into specific, daily choices


  • Create a small protected space that belongs only to you


  • Keep your direction visible, even on busy or demanding days




GRID SOCIETY

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THE MORNING RESET

Harness your internal power daily


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✔ Structured workbook included 

Map, track and organise your thoughts, not just think about them.


✔ Adaptable to your mood 

 Choose the tool that fits how you wake up instead of forcing the same routine every day.


✔ Clear, simple structure 

 No planning required. Open it and begin.


✔ Flexible timing 

 5 minutes, 15 minutes, or 50 minutes when you want to go deeper.


✔ Use anywhere 

At home, in a café, travelling, or between meetings.



Use our MORNING RESET wherever you are...


The Grid Society Morning Reset is flexible. Use it wherever you are, at home, in a café, on a flight, in a hotel, on holiday, or during quiet time to yourself.



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