We are officially at the halfway point of 2026!
I think this is one of the most underrated moments in the business year. Most people either skip right over it or they use it as an opportunity to feel bad about everything they haven’t accomplished yet. I want to offer a different approach.
The mid-year reset, when you actually do it right, can be one of the most powerful things you do for your business all year. I love a quarterly reset, but there is something about stepping back and looking at a full six months at once. The patterns are clearer. The perspective is bigger. And the clarity you get going into the second half is worth every minute you spend on it.
So today I’m walking you through the exact questions I ask myself and sharing my honest answers so you can see what this actually looks like in real life.
Grab your planner or a notebook. Let’s do this together.
Question 1: What actually worked in the first half of this year?
This is always where I start. Before we look at anything that needs to change, I want you to sit in the good first.
What worked? What moved? What are you proud of? Write it all down without filtering or minimizing it.
For me this year, my list included building some really solid personal habits, especially my morning routine. Reading nonfiction every day and doing my scripture study have genuinely changed how I show up. I also got a lot clearer on my marketing, streamlined what I’m actually doing versus what I was just spinning my wheels on, and I am almost sold out of my planner inventory which is always exciting to see.
Pause here if you need to. Write your list before moving on.
Question 2: What are you grateful for?
This one might feel a little softer but do not skip it. I want you to really sit in it.
What blessings have you seen over the last six months? What are you thankful for? Who showed up for you? What resources, relationships, or opportunities made a difference?
My list this round included my family, my friends, my mentors, the courses I invested in, some books that genuinely changed my thinking, and a really big one: my husband getting a new job. That was a huge blessing for our family and it deserved to be acknowledged and celebrated.
Write it down. All of it. Gratitude has a way of shifting your whole perspective before you even get to the harder questions.
Question 3: What didn’t work, and why?
Okay, now we get honest. And I want to be clear: this is not about beating yourself up. These answers do not have to be shared with anyone. This is just for you.
What was the gap between where you wanted to be and where you actually landed? Was it a strategy problem? A consistency issue? A life event that took over? Lack of knowledge? A stretched-too-thin situation?
For me, a lot of what didn’t work came back to consistency in my marketing. But I didn’t stop there. I dug deeper. Why wasn’t I consistent? What were the actual holes? And once I identified those specific things, I could start figuring out how to fix them in H2 instead of just vaguely resolving to “be more consistent.”
That’s the key here. Don’t just name the problem. Tunnel down into the why. That’s where the real clarity lives.
Question 4: What do I need to let go of?
This one is important and I think a lot of us skip it.
Are you still carrying goals or ideas from January that don’t actually fit your life or your business anymore? Are you stretched too thin across too many things? Are you holding onto something out of stubbornness or guilt instead of actual alignment?
Let it go. Releasing something that isn’t working is not failure. It’s wisdom. When you identify what’s weighing you down and draining your energy without serving your goals, you create space for what actually matters.
Question 5: What do you want the second half of this year to look like?
I want you to get really specific here.
What does success feel like in December? What do you want to have built, launched, grown, or experienced by the end of the year? If it’s a number, write the number. If it’s a feeling, describe the feeling. Be so clear that when you get there, you know without a doubt that you did what you set out to do.
For me, the second half of 2026 is all about the fall launch of the 2027 planner collection. There are things I did last year that I do not want to repeat, and I’m being really intentional about prepping everything through the summer so that when launch time comes, we are running like a well-oiled machine instead of scrambling at the last minute.
That clarity is what makes the mid-year reset so valuable. It gives you a direction to move toward instead of just reacting to whatever comes next.
Here’s your homework this week. Grab your planner or a notebook and spend 30 minutes answering these five questions honestly.
What worked. What you are grateful for. What didn’t work and why. What to let go of. And what you want the next six months to look like.
That’s the whole reset. Simple, honest, and it will give you more clarity going into H2 than almost anything else you could do this week.
Drop a comment and tell me one thing you want to accomplish by the end of 2026. Let’s say it out loud and hold each other to it.
You are not behind. You are right on time.
You’ve got this mama!
Taylor Johnson