2026 Resolutions

New Year. New Me! 

Or maybe just a tweaked me?

My vision board (created July 2025) has far more traveling on it than I feel will happen, but I do enjoy visiting new places. I really do like the sticker I found that says: Trust the Timing of Your Life. Times I am frustrated with myself for not doing "more." I need to stop doing that. 

I also like the picture of a wide variety of hands together forming a huddle. I picture the people cheering and supporting each other. I'd like to build a team like that in 2026. 

Renewing old goals:

1) Gaining comfort and style with roller skating.

2) More double dates. 

3) Take a trip by myself. I enjoyed Belgium last year, but want to explore someplace new.

4)  Start writing a book. I have an idea I am working on about a stay at home mom trying to write the next chapter in her life.

New for 2026:

5) Do something new with my hair. I can't decide if I want to color it again or continue to grow it out. Cut it to my shoulders or let it keep growing. I spoke with one hairdresser who said coloring it grey won't work, based on my hair it will just turn brassy within a week. I honestly hate spending money upkeeping it, yet don't know if I want to go full on grey. Ideas?

6) Work on building my arm muscles. I joined Planet Fitness. If I go 100 times in the year, I'll consider it a huge success. (As of 1/7/2026 I've been four times.)

7) Visit a different continent. (I've been to North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.) 

8) Take a cruise to see more countries.

9) Increase my freelance income (I earned very little in 2025).

10) Dig on a new archaeological site. In 2025 I became a regular at Newlin Grist Mill and Fort Mifflin.

11) Start the great purge. Aim for a drawer every week. May that small start grow.

12) Keep protesting until the need ends. I'd like to go on a Visibility Brigade on an overpass.

13) Find new doctors. This is of necessity since my eye doctor and wonderful endocrinologist both announced their retirements. Thirteen is an unlucky number and I feel a bit unlucky that my favorite two doctors retired. I wish them both the best.

I wonder where 2026 will take all of us.