EP338: A Nonjudgmental End-of-Year Reflection on Your Business

As 2025 comes to a close, it’s time to pause, reflect, and reset. In this solo episode of The Savvy Scribe, Janine walks you through an intentional end-of-year reflection—one that goes beyond business and dives into your personal and financial wins, your challenges, and how to turn failures into feedback.

Whether you’ve had a successful year or feel like things didn’t go as planned, this episode is a helpful reset before goal-setting in January.

End-of-Year Reflection for Nurse Writers and Entrepreneurs

What You’ll Learn:

• Why year-end reflection is critical to your business growth

• How to identify your wins (big or small — yes, sending 10 pitches counts!)

• What didn’t work this year — and how to use failure as feedback

• The importance of examples when working with clients

• How to reset your mindset and avoid “carrying the weight” into 2026

• The difference between winners and losers (inspired by a powerful quote from the Huberman Lab podcast)

• Practical steps for setting 3 actionable Q1 goals + a personal boundary

• The ONE question that can help you define your dream business headline for 2026

Key Takeaways

• How to recognize and record your wins—personal, business, and financial

• Why even unsuccessful pitches or flopped projects are worth celebrating

• The importance of identifying what didn’t work and reframing failure as feedback

• Why emotional resilience, especially as a nurse, gives you an edge in business

• How to shift your mindset from “loser” to “winner” (inspired by Huberman Lab)

• Tips for setting a bold, motivating headline for your 2026 business vision

• A preview of what’s coming in January for goal setting and planning

• The power of setting personal boundaries and choosing a growth mindset

For Members:

Inside the membership, don’t forget to:

• Join our upcoming goal-setting workshops

• Watch for the new Power Packs launching in 2026 🎉

Not a member yet?

Join the Plan Produce Profit to access:

• Writing business course

• Monthly masterclasses & guest workshops

• Community support

• New writing job opportunities announcements

• NEW: Power Packs launching in 2026!

Action Steps:

1. Write down your business, personal, and financial wins from 2025

2. Identify what didn’t work and why — without judgment

3. Set 3 realistic, motivating goals for Q1 2026

4. Choose one personal boundary and one mindset shift to bring into the new year

5. Share this episode with a nurse or freelance writer friend who needs an end-of-year reset

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