Become stronger in ways nobody can photograph.

Much of what changes a life leaves no visible trace. Patience under pressure, the ability to sit with a hard problem, the willingness to be honest when it costs something, the steadiness that lets other people rely on you. None of it photographs well, which is why it gets neglected in favour of results that can be shown. Yet it is usually what makes the visible things possible.

Ask which invisible strength you would most like to have in a year and what practising it would look like on an ordinary day. Work on it without telling anyone. The absence of applause is part of the training.