Suzanne Askham

Your Unique Pathway: Reflecting on 2025 with Stepping Stones

To do’ lists can go on a bit. All those tasks we’re supposed to fit into our day can sometimes feel quite onerous. In their place, a creative friend of mine draws irregular circles across the page, to represent stepping stones. Each wobbly shape contains an achievable task; together, they form a pathway. 

Since we are now in December, this is my invitation to you to reflect on the year that has been, by drawing your own retrospective stepping stone pathway through 2025 – no artist skills required. What were the major life events that happened over the past 12 months? Happy, sad, or somewhere in between, these events probably helped to shape your entire year. Now, can you name a few smaller achievements – personal or family triumphs? Maybe there were some projects that turned out to be quite tricky to navigate. Let each memorable event have its own stepping stone, until you’ve drawn a pathway across the whole of 2025.

Once you’ve drawn your pathway, you might like to colour it in. Let your stepping stones be full of bright hues. 

Seeing your progress through the past year can be a useful tool for reflection. What lessons, skills and gifts do you now have as a result of your journey? How have you changed, or developed, as a person? Remember, above all, that your pathway through 2025 has been as unique, and wonderful, as you are.