I want 2026 to mean something; I want significant and wonderful things to happen for me this year. I want to feel like I'm headed toward something better, not stuck in one spot while the world spins all around me.
Financial Goals
My number one goal for 2026: do at least one thing, no matter how small, every single day to work toward income. Even if it's just setting two mugs on my front steps for a self-serve sale or posting one affiliate link online somewhere.
I want to work toward enough financial independence that, if my life ever turned completely sideways, I'd be okay and could support myself and my kids on my own. I want to feel that reassurance — that sense of peace — deep in my bones. I've been a stay-at-home parent for 12 years, and I don't regret that. But my kids are getting older, and it's time for a change.
Cozy Cottage Finds is part of this — not because it’s perfect or fully formed, but because it feels attainable, approachable, and aligned with my values. It’s something I can do where I am, with what I have, in the life I’m already living. It lets me practice showing up consistently without the pressure of perfection.
Health Goals
I want to make yoga, aerial, and ballet consistent parts of my routine. I have a lot of hangups and insecurities about my body and my physical abilities. I want to gently work through that and create a fitness routine that feels safe and fulfilling. I don't want to hide from my body or avoid physical movement out of fear — fear of not being good enough, fear of what I actually look like when I'm moving.
I want to approach movement with curiosity, playfulness, and mind-body connection. I don't want to hide from my body anymore. My body is a part of me just as much as my thoughts and feelings are. I want to live peacefully, grounded in that truth.
Homemaking Goals
I want my home to be cozy.
Not perfect. Not Instagram-ready. Cozy.
A little messy, maybe — but messy in a way that feels lived-in and warm instead of stressful or problematic. A home that supports the life happening inside it and feels like a soft place to land when life is hard.
Skills I Want to Build
This is a year of learning — not all at once, not with high stakes or pressure, but steadily, with peace.
I want to keep building skills that support independence and creativity:
- Coding (so my ideas don’t feel trapped in my head)
- Photoshop (so I can make things look the way they feel)
- AI tools (as support, not replacement)
- Taxes (begrudgingly, but responsibly)
These are the quiet, unglamorous skills that make projects like Cozy Cottage Finds possible — and sustainable.
I don’t know exactly what 2026 will look like by the end. But I know how I want it to feel: purposeful, steadier, kinder to my nervous system, and pointed in the right direction.
I think my word of the year will be peacefulness, and my goal for the year will be peaceful, steady progress in the projects that matter to me.
That’s enough to begin.