My New Year’s Resolutions 2026.
Happy 2026 everyone! Every year without fail I make sure to write down my Resolutions, as well as evaluate how I did with them during the previous year.
As far as 2025 is concerned, I feel that I did quite well. I fulfilled all of the Toastmasters-related goals I had set at the beginning of the year. I completed my Club Visits on time, and helped host a rewarding, fun, and high-powered Area Speech Contest back in February. My term as Area Director officially ended in June of 2025. Back in November, there was a massive Toastmasters get-together known as the Hall of Fame, hosted at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley. At the event, I was fortunate enough to win a few awards, which I am very proud of.
Additionally, 2025 was a very fit year for me. I went to Zumba classes with my grandma once a week, and even phased in weight-lifting every Wednesday. Last year, I also spent time working on my future novel, Parapenda. I made some changes to my notes, and even added a whole new epilogue, which is both engaging and tantalizing. The outline for this piece—which is arguably the most demanding part—is now fully complete. I am incredibly excited to be moving on to the prose portion sometime soon.
I expect 2026 to be even more eventful and fulfilling than 2025 was for me. There are simply so many things to look forward to: a relaxing trip to Hawaii with my parents in just a few weeks, my family vacation—which will include my Aunt Sue—in Spain in the spring, and many fun nights spent at my best friend Anthony’s apartment in Camarillo, California.
One major resolution for me for this year is to acquire my “DTM.” This is the most prestigious credential within Toastmasters, and I have been working on this project since last year. Within a few months, I fully expect this task to come to fruition, and am incredibly grateful to my experienced mentor, Jim Kearney, for being my sounding board while I engage in this high-powered process.
Additionally, in 2026, I want to stay involved by following national politics, and at least once visit my alma mater, Occidental College, where I majored in political science before graduating in the fall of 2016. I cannot believe that in December, it will have been a full decade since I finished college! Time has simply gone by so fast.
I completely and totally feel that 2026 will be a wild and engaging ride, and I fully expect to bring you all with me on this epic journey by cluing you into what is going on with my life via this incredibly rewarding blog, and my immaculately designed website. I want to take this time, at the very end of this post, to once again thank you all for always being in my corner and for always supporting me. I look forward to seeing where we will take things during the incredibly fortuitous time that will be this year.
“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”