Hello everyone, hope you all had a merry Christmas and overall a good holiday season for whatever you do celebrate!
Since it’s the end of 2025 and 2026 is happening in the next 24 hours from writing this, it’s always a good time for reflection and new goals. These are not resolutions as such as I believe that implies the ‘old’ you was wrong and needs fixing and I don’t like that. These are Goals and things I hope I can make happen in 2026 and things I will focus on.
Become financially stable and have a job that brings me joy.
Let me explain. Right now I work in hospitality in a very well known chain (we serve noodle and katsu chicken, so have a guess in the comments!) and I have been in various hospitality jobs on and off since being 16 so approximately 10 years give or take. I cannot do it anymore and I am very burnt out. I need something that is going to allow my brain to rest, be hybrid/maybe work from home fully and would give me more money and financial stability and more rigid 9-5 schedule as if you work hospitality you know one week to the next is never the same! A bonus if it’s something that uses my creative brain and lets me use my skills. I wish to live to work as in before I have been working to live, if you know, you know.
Move out.
Once the first point of a new job and financially stability falls into place I can finally move out. Don’t get me wrong I am ever so grateful my incredible supportive parents are letting me live at home and not pressuring me to move, and letting me stay here rent free with minimal conditions. However I am 27 and I am so ready for my own space and moving out, I just need to sort my money out.
Date and get in a relationship that works.
Without going too much into my personal life with dating and relationships, I have been in 2 serious relationships and both lasting a maximum of 4 months. I won’t say any more about that here as some things are too personal. However, I want to change that and have a serious long lasting relationship. I want to fall in love and experience things romantically, is that too much to ask I hope not. This does actually mean having to date and the concept of dating is a scary thought, I will go into this more in another blog post about dating and autism and fear. I do however have my first date in a long time approaching very soon which I am feeling very hopeful and excited for so wish me luck!
Make more time for friends and fun social things.
In 2025, I did not make enough time for this, I saw my best friend once I believe and did a few small things with work friends and a few other social things. I am going to massively change this, yes we all busy and it’s hard to balance work schedules etc but this needs to be a priority as it recharges my energy when I hang out with my close friends and makes me feel alive and its also just super fun.
Make more time for fun with my niece.
I do see my niece pretty regularly as is, however she is currently 18 months and growing ever so quick that I blink and she had a growth spurt and I felt like I missed something. In 2026, I am going to make auntie time a massive priority and appreciate every single second as she wont stay this little for much longer.
Read More
I am sure this is on everyone’s new year goal list however I actually mean it! This year I stopped counting and I got into a reading slump and was very bad with reading.However I just fell back in love with my kindle and I am actually making time for reading again and finding the love for it all over. My aim will be to read a minimum of 2-4 books a month, aiming for one book every 2 weeks and if I do more then this well done to me!
Write More
This is something I clearly need to work on as I do write and post however its getting few and far between! I want to change that to posting 2-3 times a week and maybe having specific days I post certain content and having a schedule to it . I will post my new schedule when I have worked out the details. I would also love my blog to be read way more by more people. Currently I get like 10 readers and I would love that number to be 2-3 more 0s added. If you can please hit share when you have read this, and send to some friends every little helps.
See More Theatre
2025, I saw calamity Jane and a performance of SIX in cinemas and shamefully I think that completed my list of theatre for 2025. Thats not many at all! Already on the books for 2026, Waitress in April (Carrie Hope Fletcher as Jenna omg !) and Paddington in July with my mum. But I would love to add so many more! Oliver, Mean Girls, Legally Blonde, Annie, The Secret Garden, all on my list and alot of these are touring so hopefully I can add alot of these to my I have seen in theatres list!
I think that is all of my goals and hopes for 2026, what are some of yours ? please post them in the comments and so we can chat 🙂