2026: The Year I Choose Intention
2026: The Year I Choose Intention
2025 was one of the toughest years I’ve ever had to face — for more reasons than I can count.
But I’m making a decision now: 2026 will be one of the best years of my life.
Every year, we hear the same phrase: New year, new me.
I’ve said it before. We all have.
But this year is different.
This year isn’t about becoming someone new.
It’s about being intentional with everything I already am.
I come from parents who left everything behind during a war. They didn’t have the luxury of fear or hesitation — they had one choice: move forward.
That same blood runs through me.
I lost my mother at 16. Watching her life end so early taught me something I carry every day: time is short.
So I don’t get to stand still. I don’t get to quit. I move forward — always.
That mindset shows up in every area of my life now.
Being an entrepreneur. Building something that’s mine.
It’s not easy. It’s uncomfortable. It requires consistency, discipline, routine, and a mindset that refuses to quit — especially when doubt creeps in.
Maybe this won’t work.
Maybe this is a mistake.
But I’m choosing different questions now.
What if this works?
What if this is exactly what I’m meant to do?
This next season is about betting on me — while trusting God fully.
Trusting that I can do hard things. Trusting that I am capable. Asking myself, Is there really anyone who works harder than me?
My mother never graduated from high school. She didn’t speak English when she came to this country.
And yet, she worked relentlessly — supporting my father through college, surviving, providing, pushing forward no matter what.
She was one of the smartest and hardest-working people I’ve ever known.
I want to go beyond that.
I want to make her proud.
My health also became non-negotiable this past year.
I have to remind myself daily why it comes first — before work, before money, before everything.
I want to live a long life with my husband.
I want to travel.
I want to see the world.
I want to watch my nieces and nephews grow up, fall in love, get married.
But that requires consistency.
Showing up even when I don’t feel like it.
I once heard someone say, “There’s a correlation between being unhealthy and being broke.”
And I know this much — I don’t want to be either.
So the work starts now.
Intentional meals.
Intentional movement.
A healthy heart, a healthy body, a healthy future.
And finally — my relationships.
I’ve been blessed with incredible people in my life. I don’t take that lightly.
But moving forward, I’m being intentional about who I give my time to… who I breathe around… who I build life with.
Because proximity matters.
Intention changes everything.
And that’s what 2026 will be about — choosing it, every single day.
