# @themichaelpaulk on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DS_OSM6jzWo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61135722-themichaelpaulk-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-02T00:16:46.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒌 (@themichaelpaulk) — https://gondola.cc/themichaelpaulk

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While everyone else is saying “Good riddance 2025”… I’m over here saying, thank you! 🥃

It was a damn good year.

Most days I was happy. 😃 
Healthy. 💪🏼
Chasing goals. 🏃 
I’m married to the love of my life. ❤️
I’m blessed enough to drive my incredible daughter to school every morning. ❤️
I had the privilege to help raise and be apart of my three “bonus” kids lives. ❤️😄 
And I have FIVE beautiful grandchildren that I get to see every week! ❤️ 

I’m good financially. 🙏 
And I’m excited as hell to head into 2026 with my real estate license and build yet another successful business! 🦁 #RaiseTheRoar #GoMitch 

And no, the risk of failure doesn’t scare me. 
At all.
Never has.
That’s probably why I’ve succeeded in everything I’ve ever committed to accomplishing. (And if you think that sounds arrogant, we’re probably not friends) 

Here’s the part most people don’t want to hear:

Stop waiting and wishing on a New Year’s resolution.
You should’ve started yesterday, hell, three months ago. 

That “summer body” you want?
That work should’ve started last October, not January 1st. 

Which is why I couldn’t even get in the door at the gym today, everyone’s suddenly “starting fresh.”
I promise you… it doesn’t work like that. (FYI, this post isn’t about working out) 

Life is still going to punch you square in the balls. (Or whatever you got down there) 🤷🏻‍♂️
Trials and tribulations don’t stop because the calendar flips. 📅 

The difference?
You must live with purpose.
And you must live with intention.

And for the love of God, STOP complaining about everything. 🗣️ Seriously, no one cares. 

And family? 
This is not a cliché. 
Family is everything. 
PERIOD. 

And I love mine more than you can possibly imagine. 
Make time for the people you love.
And it starts with taking care of you and your mindset. 

Not tomorrow.
Not Monday.
Right F…ing now. 

So, here’s to 2026, and… 

To your Next Level, 

MP 🚀

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