Whelp, I still have a goal of writing once per month, and you might guess from this coming to you in February, not in what felt like an endless January, that I’m off to a rough start. 2026 has been unkind so far and everything is so difficult and chaotic and even discouraging right now that I haven’t felt like writing. At all. But I am trying to remind myself that my core values say I believe sharing goodness and struggles and doing things that scare me or seem daunting are important. So with that, here we go… moving forward to the year of Ms.

If you follow my instagram, you may have already seen the words shift in my bio. But here’s a little more about each of them and what I intend to focus on this year…

1. Music: I mean this in a few ways- primarily getting to a few things I wanted to speak to when I used “Jam” as one of my letter J words. I am reinvesting my time into listening to full records on vinyl and trying to step away from quite as much streaming (though I am still a sucker for playlists so this is by no means an all or nothing approach.) I also hope later in the year (definitely not until the second half!) to revisit the instruments in our house and find more music that way. Finally, and more on this in the next post, I started the year with some really excellent live music experiences and I want to keep that going as it is something that truly brings me SO MUCH JOY. So yes, theme #1 is all about music.
2. Mountains: Since they’ve become my whole personality the last few years, why stop now? I don’t have any set mileage or vert goals pre-determined for this year. I’m letting the first few months of the year see where they take me. I just want to keep it simple and enjoy my time on the trails. I always learn so much during my time training for and running races that I’m looking forward to what the mountains call me to write about and share this year.
    
3. Marvel: No, not the superhero brand. Rather, the noun meaning something wonderful or amazing as well as the verb which basically means to wonder at or be curious about. I want to marvel at the sweet moments in my life and the big ideas and so much in between. Especially since I have a big birthday coming up this year!
4. Memories: What’s the point of documenting my thoughts and life events year after year if we aren’t making memories? I want to reflect on what memories stick with me, how I am digging myself out of being extremely behind in family memory keeping, etc. This topic includes a lot of specific goals around organizing pictures, scrapbooking, journaling, etc. But also a lot of non-goal related musing (almost my 3rd M instead of marvel…) on and what kind memories I want to keep making and what I hope my kids will remember and intentionally choosing to spend my time and energy in that way.

So that’s the overview for this blog for 2026! I don’t even know if anyone reads these post anymore, but having a space to decompress and share my thoughts in longer from than an instagram post remains important to me to strive for at least a few times a year, so here we are. Still here. Moving forward.