What’s your 2026 mantra

[FeyreandRhysand]

I read somewhere on another thread:

”no point in walking round with your umbrella up incase it pisses down” or something along those lines.

This really resonated with me as I tend to worry about things that are probably pretty unlikely to happen / be as bad as I expect.

Anyone else got something similar?

Its nice to be nice

No is a complete sentence . Fed up people pleasing and running myself ragied

To chill out a bit more. Not everything needs to be perfect.

Same as last year's mantra, and the year(s) before: "this too shall pass", covers a multitude of situations, keeps me mindful; have considered getting it engraved on a plain silver bangle that I wear everyday.

Do you want it or do you need it?

I need to achieve two things this year - 1) save money to have the outside render on the house repainted, and 2) lose weight and get my blood pressure down.

Hopefully this mantra will cover them both off.

Be braver

For me, this is specifically in the context of trying to make friends, which I’ve had mixed success with!

So if I meet someone I click with, be brave and ask them for coffee etc.

Also I need to stop hiding behind WhatsApp groups, e.g. asking if anyone on the hiking group fancies a walk. Instead I need to be braver and directly message the people I get on with best.

Be less of a lazy bitch and go for the things you want.

Oh and my mantra from a couple of years back:

“Stop prioritising other people’s priorities ahead of your own priorities”

2026 is the year I’m having whatever is the opposite of a professional crisis of confidence. A professional glow up, perhaps. In my late forties, I finally have time, confidence and brain space to offer more to my own practice and my profession, so maybe my mantra is:

This is the year I choose to sit at the big boys’ table 🙂

I love this one. Making connections can feel risky but really is worth it. Good luck!

Mine is ‘Everything always works out for me’ or ‘Everything always goes my way’ which it does…. eventually!

It’s all going to be OK and I’m going to sort everything out!

positive mindset!

Read a bloody book.

I saw one on here a few years ago that I loved - sky before screens (look out of the window/go outside before you look at your phone) and I've adhered to that one, I love it.

Energy I'm bringing to 2026 🖕

I'm in charge of the outcome here.

Done is better than perfect.

I’m tired of worrying about what other people think of me
I’m a professional who has raised her children , paid off her mortgage and continues to pay all bills herself .. but have suffered terribly with social anxiety of .. am I slim enough, am I pretty enough etc
So today I’m having my hair cut and a dusky pastel pink colour applied .. which I’ve wanted to do for years but never did
Then I’m going to have a coffee and a cake in my favourite spot reading my book while everyone admires my beautiful hair from afar 😂

Mine is from slightly mishearing a song lyric:

It's never too soon and it's never too late.

In other words, the perfect time to do it is now so stop procrastinating and bloody do it!

If I don’t want to do it then I’m not….
going
doing
seeing
helping
looking
or anything else.
inner peace and self preservation is 2026

they are (probably/possibly) lying to me

ps, wrt to media, not individuals

and always always, trust my intuition

You can only lead your own life.

What about me ? What do I want to do ?

“I’ll move through this year with steadiness rather than urgency”

and also

“I can care deeply without carrying everything”

Be kind but take no shit

This was my mantra last year and it’s served me well. Absolutely continuing it this year.

Do one thing that makes you happy every day.