We are so BACK!!! Soak in the new year energy and listen to us break down our 2026 goals. But first, we reflect on what we accomplished in 2025 and share how we're feeling at the start of the new year.
Olivia's Personal Goals
Continue strength routine and scale to heavier weights
Start a young writers program in the community (or volunteer for one that already exists)
Home projects! Kitchen reno, Refinish stairs + downstairs floors, install a stair runner
Tighten + examine spending habits
Keep track of every single thing I buy and how much I use them
Start a new Goodwill habit (donate something every time I go)
Generally, get rid of more than I accumulate
Becca's Personal Goals
Kick my phone out of my bedroom
Take an in-person multi-session art class
Plan 40th birthday
Decorate my dream office
Create hand-painted cards for birthdays
Weights 3x/week
Olivia's Professional Goals
Finish Little One promo strong, focusing on gratitude and confidence
Work on Little Pod
Go on Tour!
Return to my writing cave and dedicate the entire year to book 3
Nail down concept and one-page synopsis for book 4
Continue screening books for pod/book club/championing faves
Get on NetGalley, finally
Cotswolds Reading & Writing Retreat
Becca's Professional Goals
Write 2 drafts of Book 3
Curate more lightness around writing
Approach Book 2 publication as a celebration
Promo podcast book club picks
Don't read mean things about myself on the internet
Grow my writing community
Grow Substack free subs/revenue by 20%
Show up joyfully/unapologetically on social
Obsession
Becca - Le Puzz Miniatures Puzzle, Heated Rivalry, (more to come during next week's Three Things)
Olivia - Come See Me In The Good Light
What We Read This Week
Olivia - Mothers & Other Strangers by Corey Ann Haydu, Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor, Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
Becca - Into the Blue by Emma Brodie (out Jul 14), In Your Dreams by Sarah Adams, Colored Television by Danzy Senna
January's Book Club Pick - Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino
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