April Fools Day

Today is the 1st of April. April Fools Day.

Not a date for pranks in my world — it's a date for reflection.

I know many of my clients will be pausing right now. Some are looking back on March. Some are reviewing Q1. And some — those who set their vision a year ago — are realising that what felt like an ambitious destination is now simply where they are.

That last group tends to go quiet for a moment.

Not because something went wrong. Because something went right — and they weren't quite prepared for how that would feel.

They are considering a newly discovered insight: If I can create what I said I wanted to create, what can I do in the next 12 months that would bring me the most satisfaction/joy/pride?

The questions worth sitting with today:

What went well in March — and did I notice it at the time, or only in hindsight?

What didn't go well — and what does that tell me that I haven't wanted to hear?

What should I be doing more of? What should I stop?

Plans aren't meant to be set and forgotten. They're meant to be worked — which means they need to be reviewed. Regularly. Honestly. Without ego.

If you don't have a plan to review, that's the most useful thing today's date can tell you.

Give yourself two minutes. Travel forward to the 1st of April 2027. What would you need to have built, changed, or let go of, to be exactly where you want to be?

That's where the plan starts.