How I’m Spending The First Day Of 2026

REFLECTING

I took my old journals off the shelf, made a cup of coffee, and went back to bed.

What was I thinking about, focused on, worried about and working on last year? Two years ago? Three years ago?

What’s better now?

How did that happen?

WANDERING

I put on my shoes, my coat, my hat and left my apartment.

I didn’t have a plan.

Each turn was a surprise.

I walked slowly.

I noticed new things.

An old church was open.

I wandered in.

It was silent and almost completely dark.

I sat down and thought about nothing.

CLEANING

I had a party last night.

I invited about 6 people.

They brought friends.

Around 1 am there were 35 people crammed into my apartment.

I talked to people from Romania, Serbia, India, England, Mexico, Canada, and of course, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

They left champagne bottles, beer cans, bags of chips, boxes of pizza and someone left a scarf that says “Arsenal.”

PLANNING

I own a giant white board.

Last year, I wrote down one thing I accomplished every week.

52 accomplishments.

Today, I erased 2025.

I wrote “1.”

Whatever I focus on every day will happen.

I will create 2026.

How exciting.