December 19, 2025
“The end of the year is neither an end nor a beginning, but a going on.”
— Hal Borland
December invites conclusions. It nudges us to summarize, to evaluate, to decide what this year was for. That pressure can feel subtle or heavy, depending on the day.
Borland’s line offers a quieter option.
A going on suggests continuity without ceremony. It reminds me that most of life does not arrive with punctuation marks. We do not stop and start nearly as often as calendars imply. We simply continue, carrying pieces of yesterday into tomorrow.
I find comfort in that.
It means I do not need to resolve the year in order to move forward. I do not need to name a lesson or extract meaning from every experience. Some things can remain unfinished without being failures. Some questions can stay open without being problems.
This thought pairs with a longer daily reflection where I explore how this idea connects to time, pressure, and the small spaces we rarely notice {{COMBINED_URL}}.
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