Serious post alert:

It’s the first Sunday of 2026! The start of the year is naturally reflective, so that’s exactly what I’m going to do. I am really excited for this year. I feel like I did a lot of work on myself and getting my routine down in 2025, and I think 2026 is going to be the year that it starts to pay off.

I’ve been concepting Kindly, Rach, for years. I chose the name and designed the blog last January, so it’s been an entire year since I last considered publicly posting content.

I get frustrated with myself sometimes because I feel like I don’t make enough progress on my personal projects, never finish what I start, and always feel behind. My fatal flaw is that it’s really easy for me to focus on what I didn’t get done, ignoring everything I did accomplish. 

This year has been the year of giving myself grace, learning to be more patient, and starting to see the reward of being patient. I still struggle to slow down and not be so hard on myself, but I’ve made immense strides over the past year, and I’m happy and proud of where I am today.

I feel confident knowing I’ve never wavered far from the original concept of what I’m trying to do with Kindly, Rach, and where I’m trying to go in life. It gives me confidence knowing that I keep coming back to the same idea, and when I look back on work I did in the past but never published, I really love it.

When I think back to the start of 2025, that felt like the year I was finally going to start publishing my personal work. 2025 felt like the year I was finally going to be ready. I felt discouraged early in 2025 when my workload got so busy that I was working overtime and lost touch with my personal goals.

It’s so much easier said than done, but I really believe this year is going to be different, because I’m setting the intention right now for it to be different. I’ve put so much work in this year, putting systems in place to be more personally productive during the workday, and I feel like I finally have it at least a little bit “figured out.”

At the start of this year, I want to focus on being present (which is the whole point of Kindly, Rach!), feel relaxed, focus on my overall wellbeing, not overwork myself, and remember that I come first. 

I’m so excited for this year, and I can’t wait to share Kindly, Rach, with you.