2026 will be the Year of Dreams
A note from the start of a year that feels bigger than the plans I can say out loud.
Being born in 2000 makes age math embarrassingly easy. Every January, the calendar turns and I quietly consider myself a year older and, hopefully, a little wiser.
Last night, I went out to see the New Year crowd. Then I remembered the first time I tried to get anywhere near Times Square for the ball drop, and my enthusiasm recovered its common sense. The year began somewhere calmer instead, with calls from friends and family, rounds of best wishes, and a lot of happy smiles.
A different January
Still, 2026 feels different.
I am closer to 30 than I am to the beginning of my twenties now, or at least it has started to feel that way. I am also halfway through my first year of living in the greatest city in the world. New York has a way of making every ambition feel possible and every minute feel expensive.
I came here with dreams. Some were practical, some were unlikely, and a few were too big to say out loud. This is the year I want to take all of them more seriously.
Dreaming bigger
There is a lot I want from life, and I do not want to settle for less simply because less is easier to explain.
I keep asking myself what would truly make me happy. Is it the job I have always wanted? A trip to an F1 Grand Prix weekend? Seeing a World Cup match this year? Somehow securing tickets for The Odyssey in IMAX 70mm at Lincoln Square?
Honestly, all of that would make me very happy.
But lately, I have started dreaming about something much bigger. It is something I have wanted for a long time without ever letting myself believe it might actually be possible. I cannot say much about it yet. I can say that I finally understand a little more clearly why, out of every country in the world, I came to the United States.
Hint: I think I finally know how I want to retire. xD
To dreams
I have a good feeling about this year. That does not mean it will be easy. There will probably be the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. There will be discoveries I cannot plan for and days when standing strong feels like the only thing I can do.
Whatever comes, I want to be there for it.
To dreams. Happy New Year, 2026.