Sometimes a small, forgotten item can carry an entire chapter of life with it.

In this episode, you’re invited to notice how the physical world holds reminders of where we’ve been and how those moments can ground us in the present rather than pull us backward.

Today’s Five Star Minute invites you to slow down before the year takes over.

Choose one word — not a goal, not a resolution — a feeling you want more of in your life.

Write it down. Place it somewhere you’ll see it.

Return to it throughout the day and notice what shifts.

One word.

One minute.

A different way to begin.