February is my birthday month and usually the time I have settled into the new year enough to set some goals. This is one of the annual traditions on this blog and even though February is dangerously close to being over already, I am determined to not skip it. So here are some things I want to achieve, tick off my to do list, try out, and focus on in 2026!

To kick things off, let’s start with easy things that I’ve been putting off for way too long. There are some things on my to do list that have just been sitting there forever, I’ve constantly talked about wanting to get them done and over with, but always procrastinate. For example, officially leaving church and not paying church tax anymore. Or, on a very different note, wanting to buy a new sofa and a vacuum robot, or cataloguing my private book collection on my StoryGraph. Small things. Therefore, I have to make an appointment at city hall, have to finally say goodbye to my dream sofa, and find a new one that will actually fit into my living room (I’m still grieving!), to then know where the vacuum robot can be installed, once the new sofa is set up. Even writing this is so boring that I’d prefer putting these things off even longer… wish me luck!

Something that made me really sad last year was realising that my social life was on an all time low. I blame the fact that I don’t work where I live and commute to Berlin four days a week, so that I don’t have as many days/evenings to offer my friends to hang out, but I also think I haven’t tried hard enough to invest the social energy that I have into seeing everyone on a somewhat regular basis. Then I stumbled upon this REEL by Amanda Litman and it sparked something in me. I made a online spreadsheet and sent it to all of my friends, inviting them to regular Saturday Night Dinners. In the spreadsheet they can see all the Saturdays that I’m home this year (obviously not every Saturday, because I’m on holiday, away, or have to work for some Saturdays), but it is supposed to be a semi regular thing. One dinner was already a success this year, and even when no one was free to come over, I felt more motivated to try a new recipe or just put in some effort for myself, which is also nice. I think, once everyone gets used to the spreadsheet and everything, Saturday Community Dinners could become a lovely new tradition. At least I want to actively work towards that in 2026!

I made a Wattpad account. I don’t know yet if I will actually do something with it, but at least I can say that I have finally started writing again these past few weeks. One of my friends and I made a deal that I send her a weekly chapter of my new writing project, to stick to it. That has somewhat worked, with some weeks skipped. But if everything goes to plan, I will have at least one finished manuscript by the end of the year (I’m planning a romance book series that has been forming in my head for years and I’ve talked about it in previous blogposts). Depending on how I feel about the maybe finished product, I might become a Wattpad author?
One thing is for sure: I want to finally manage to write regularly again. So far, I’m on track. Let’s hope it stays that way!

Apart from the smaller stuff I mentioned in the beginning of this post, I also want to finally deal with the clothes I don’t wear anymore that just kinda pile up in my flat. I need to donate and or sell the ones that I haven’t worn for years. After that I want to take more time and sort through my closet. I have entirely too many clothes that is for sure, and some of them I never or rarely wear. I’d also say that I own a lot of very different clothes and I’m just not sure what I would say „my style“ is or what it looks like. I therefore want to take some time in 2026 to explore that and reduce the amount of clothes I have, find out what I like to wear or want to wear and maybe get a clearer picture of what my look could be.

Those are all my goals for 2026.
What are your new years resolutions? Feel free to leave a comment!
//K.