Welcome to 2026!

If you’re reading this in 2026, congratulations - you made it! We made it!

Life hasn’t slowed down. If anything, it’s sped up! Days move faster, years blur together, and somehow, it’s already time to update another password! Getting older doesn’t mean things calm down - it means everything seems to show up quicker, because we have less time.

All the while, technology keeps pushing us to move more rapidly! Notifications, reminders, messages, posts. Every app wants attention, every platform wants a reaction, and every moment feels like it should be shared. Meanwhile, we’re just trying to remember why we opened our phone in the first place!

Us humans haven’t changed much, though. We still say, “I’ll do it later” and then wonder where our day went. Everything is still a subscription. Movies, music, apps, storage. We don’t own much - we just rent it monthly and hope nothing auto-renews at the wrong time.

Social media hasn’t slowed down either! There’s a post for everything now. Every thought, every opinion, every meal. It’s a lot. And sometimes it feels like if we stop scrolling, we’ll miss something important - even though probably most of it isn’t anything we need to see or know.

Now before you think this post may be doom and gloom, I deliberately started it out with all that overwhelming "stuff." Because that's exactly what most of that is...stuff.

Here's what this post is really about: Why slowing down matters. Slowing down isn't quitting life. It's actually far from it, because by slowing down, we actually gain more time for who and what matters most!

Let's go outside and take a walk without a destination. Let's sit somewhere quiet and enjoy nature, where there are no notifications and no one "requiring" us to “virtually engage.” How about taking some time to cook at home with our loved ones? It's fun and healthier! Taking a shower or bath without hurrying is much more relaxing and enjoyable! Read that book with your phone off. Sit down and watch a show without multi-tasking during commercials.

The biggest lesson of 2026 might be this: it’s okay to move slower, even when the world doesn’t. It’s okay to miss a post, ignore a notification, and take our time with life. In the end, one of the most common regrets people have is that they didn't spend enough time with the people they love and doing what they wanted to do. Starting now, let's make sure to not have those regrets.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

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