The Week That Decides How You’ll End the Year

Why This One Week Matters

There’s a strange week in December that nobody talks about.
It’s not the week of Christmas.
It’s not the week of New Year’s.

It’s the one right ahead of the two — the quiet, drifting, in-between stretch where days blend together and routines get fuzzy.

Most people treat it like a free pass.
A throwaway week.
A “this doesn’t count” kind of week.

But in the office, we see the opposite:
This week matters more than people realize.

Momentum Doesn’t Take Holidays Off

Every December, patients from Salisbury to Newburyport start saying the same thing:

“I’ll get back on track after the holidays.”
“I’ll come in next week — things are just crazy right now.”

Totally understandable.
But here’s the part people don’t see:

Your body doesn’t hit pause just because the calendar does.
Travel, long drives, hours in the kitchen, awkward guest beds, carrying bags, nonstop errands — it all stacks up.

And when adjustments get pushed off, momentum slips.
Not because anything “bad” happened…
but because consistency vanished for just long enough to matter.

The Small Decisions Become the Big Outcomes

We’ve watched this pattern for years.

People who stay consistent during the easy-to-skip weeks?
They glide into January feeling strong, stable, and ahead.

People who skip “just this one” week?
They walk into the new year stiff, tight, tired, or feeling like their progress reset.

It’s not motivation.
It’s physics.
Bodies drift toward tension and imbalance unless you interrupt that pattern.

One Adjustment Makes the Difference

The beautiful thing is — you don’t need to do much.
You don’t need a full reset or a massive plan.
You don’t need to overhaul your routine.

One adjustment keeps your body moving the way you’ve trained it to.
It keeps your posture from collapsing under holiday chaos.
It keeps your muscles from locking down when routines change.
It keeps your momentum alive.

That one visit in December is often the reason you start January a step ahead instead of a step behind.

Finish the Year the Way You Want to Enter the Next

So while the world slows down…
drifts a little…
lets things slide…

You don’t have to.
You can choose the version of you that keeps going — even when the week feels like it shouldn’t matter.

Because this week?
It’s the one that sets the tone for all the weeks that follow.