Hello 2026 (pt. 2)
My visions for the new year, and three great songs to set the vibe for 2026
Hi again! So, shall we continue? (If you haven’t read part one where I say goodbye to 2025, you can read it here).
I want to start this post by telling you that I’m writing from my regular café. Sitting here, listening to the quiet, calm music while the air smells like coffee beans is such a nostalgic feeling. It all started here, in a sense. This exact table is were I was sitting when I wrote my note that got viral and I lot of people found my account. Thinking that I’m moving across town and have to find myself a new regular café feels heart breaking.
(Writing that and reading it out loud made me feel disgusted because this is what privilege is: Crying about having to find a new café because you’re finally moving in with your partner. Lol</3 euw).
Visions for 2026
In part one I explained that I’m not much of a goal setter nor resolution kind of girl. However, I love to have a vision for the year! To make it a bit easier and more organized I like to break the visions into smaller categories. Last year I focused on making a return — to build a foundation to slowly come back to the girl I am, focusing on health and to stabilize my life in general. Thanks to my efforts in 2025 I do feel as I have a stable foundation again, however I definitely need to keep saving money and focusing on my health he he. Though, I’m now ready to put in the next gear for 2026!
This years’ categories for the vision board are:
Health
Career
Creativity
Health
As mentioned in part one, last year I struggled a lot with all the health check ups and I had a hard time just getting it done because I was so scared of the results. I suffered from a lot of health anxiety and knowing that everything is okay really made me so relieved. So — knowing that my body is fine, I want to keep it fine.
Can I be bluntly honest with you? I do hate the fitness/ skinny obsession and please understand this the right way: I don’t move my body at all. I have periods where I run, go for walks regularly or hit the gym for a week (and feel great!) and then I skip it one time and I just never go back again. I despise my inability to stick to routines, and in 2026 I hope I will get better at sticking to one. I want to find a form of exercise I truly enjoy and stick to it not because I want to fulfill any physical goals but just to keep my body functioning and well. I don’t want to scare all of the 22 year olds on here, but my back is aching, girl.
Career
I don’t really talk about my career on here or that much at all in my life, for several reasons. However, I’ve been at the same job since I graduated and it’s now soon to be 2.5 years. It might not sound like a long time, but for some time now I’ve felt that it’s time for me to evolve and expand my horizon — to stop belittling myself and understanding that yes, times are hard in terms of finding a new job right now, but it’s not impossible and shouldn’t make me settle for less. The worst I can get is a no, and I’ve gotten a few no’s by now and I didn’t die. If anything, being in a recruitment process teaches you sooo much! I usually remind myself that all the processes help me prepare for when my dream job finally comes along :-) So this is your sign to keep applying and stop settling!
Creativity
2025 was my big creativity year! As part of finding my way back to myself, I started engaging in different projects and I look forward to continue my creative projects during this year. Last year, I used creativity to gain perspective. To understand that it’s okay that my career isn’t flourishing just yet and there’s so much more to life than my career. De-centering my career was life changing to me, and something I really needed at that point. As I briefly touched upon in part one, sharing my writing with a community sparked a teeny tiny self confidence within me that I really needed. It made me realize that I’m good at more things than just working — wonderful news for a workaholic like me !!!!
So, while I hope to accelerate my career this year I hope to simultaneously keep engaging in my creative project such as my lil’ Substack blog!
To close off…
So, should we address the elephant in the room (that probably just a few noticed)? I wanted to welcome the new year by freshening up the blog as well. I’ve updated my Substack banner and my dividers! Knowing myself I’ll probably keep playing around with it but I’m happy with how it turned out for now. For those who don’t remember what it used to look like:
Before
After
Can you tell that 2025 was my year of creativity? I’ve spent so much time editing, playing around and trying to finding my vibe :-)
Three songs to set the vibe for -26
Music is a big part of my life, it really affects my emotions and inspires me loads. I liked the idea in part one where I added three of my most played songs of the year. Hence, here are three great songs to set the vibe for 2026!
Thanks for reading and supporting my Substack. I hope 2026 will treat you well! Before we say goodbye for this week I’d like to remind you to not put to much pressure on yourself this year. I truly believe that life will take us where we’re meant to end up — some lessons have to be faced and learned whether we planned for them or not. <3
Do you have any goals/ resolutions or a vision for 2026 that you’d like to share? I’d love to know in the comments!