A letter to 2026

The 1^st of January 2026 is here.

A brand new day, a brand new month, a brand new year.

This post is as much to me, as it is to any of you who stumble across this page.

Over the next 12 months I will actively place myself outside of my comfort zone.

Each month will represent a different opportunity to hide.

Some challenges will be physical, others mental.

Some will demand both.

12 months, 12 challenges, 12 opportunities to experience life like never before.

Why?

Because I am content. Because I am comfortable. And because I live easy.

But ease does not lead to purpose.

And I am acutely aware that to maximise my existence, distress is necessary.

There will be times this year where I make myself ‘sensibly’ suffer.

And there will be times when I make myself squirm.

It is in those moments of discomfort, where I wish to grow.

So to any of you out there who find yourself seeking more.

I understand how you are feeling.

And over these next 12 months, I may take on exactly what you’re missing.

I am not a superhero.

And so I will not face any challenges that you could not tackle either.

The point is not to damage my existence, but to expand it.

It may not work for me. And it may not work for you.

But I’m willing to bet I’ll learn like hell along the way.