No. 21 - PREPARE THE HARVEST 🌾

you know what time it is. new season = new goals 🍂゚🌾 🍁

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Anastazia Neely
October 10, 2025

PREPARE THE HARVEST 🌾 

October 10, 2025 • Issue No. 21

And we’re back! It’s time for our third go-round of our quarterly Sparkle Sheet tradition: seasonal goal setting. In spring (Issue #7), we started our ‘goal-farming’ with one thing we wanted to change or improve by summer. In summer (Issue #14), we added a joyful twist. Now it’s fall, and it’s time to try it again.

The autumnal equinox that happened on September 22nd represents balance. After a summer of long days and short nights, time was evenly split between light and dark for just one day. And now, with the equinox in the rearview we’ll be headed towards winter when dark, starry nights are the star of the show. On the agrarian calendar the first day of fall meant that the peak season of sun was finished and frost was coming meaning it was time to get all the crops out of the fields aka the harvest. That’s why so many of our symbols of fall — cornucopias, apple and pumpkin picking, and fiery leaves floating toward the ground — are about clearing.

If you didn’t join us in setting a goal for the season in spring or summer, don’t be discouraged. Join us for fall. And as you design your goal for the new season consider what you want to clear out. Maybe it’s a side project that you’ve been putting off because the thought of starting feels overwhelming. It hasn’t taken priority because it’s not mission critical, but it would improve your day-to-day if it were finished. Let’s use the momentum of this new season to get it done.

The shifts from spring to summer, from summer to fall, and from fall to winter are gradual ones. (And thank god for the transition because I live for jacket season!) The balance between daylight and night tips a few minutes each day. The temperature slips until you’re wearing a whole new wardrobe. Leaves drift from the trees a few at a time. Think about this season as a gradual shift toward winter, toward clearing, and toward your goal. The key is attention. As adrienne maree brown writes, “what you pay attention to grows”. Figure you out what you could clear by paying a little attention each day or week. And you could go into winter ready for a new start. ❄️

P.S. Can you share this newsletter with a friend? 💕 Adding in an accountability partner could help you really make this season count.

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  • What’s an area of your life (work or otherwise) that could benefit from more attention?

  • What’s a goal you’d like to clear off your to-do list?

  • What incremental actions can you take to bring you closer to your goal?

  • How will you celebrate crossing the finish line on Sunday, December 21st?!

Just like last season, I’ll remind you about the upcoming Winter Solstice in every issue.

  • 🧑🏾‍🌾 Let’s get goal farming! You’re 3 weeks in and there are 10 to go!

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The Sparkle Sheet is a newsletter publication written and created by Anastazia Neely, founder of Executive Radiance. Executive Radiance, LLC provides coaching and leadership development remotely and in-person in New York City.