Dreams, Goals, and the New You
We are seven days into 2026. How is it going so far? That may be a silly question to ask, however you’d be surprised at how overwhelmed some get at the beginning of a new year. Some people feel too many expectations are put on them. Too much pressure. Too many demands. The wall may then go up and you forget about your own dreams or goals in which you hoped to pursue.
Dare to dream big, then do something about it… Rebecca Yates
My husband is excellent at dreaming. The ideas flow from his head. I, on the other hand, have more difficulty. Through him, I have learned to dream bigger. Set better goals. Pursue opportunities. I do find though, that if or when my head is full, all those dreams get stuck in the clouds. A weight comes in and I play small, or stay the same.
Life is about a constant flow of growth. I feel looking back at 2025, my growth meter was stale. I see myself all last year as a plant struggling to survive. No productivity. No growth. No expansion. All the same.
Have you ever felt this way? Don’t be embarrassed if you have. It is a natural flow. As you age in years and more and more New Year Days are celebrated, you enter a new phase of life. Regrowth is a natural occurrence.
I heard a quote recently by Ester Perel – it is with regards to relationships and marriage, but it applies actually to one’s self as well.
“Most people have 2-3 marriages in their lifetime and for some of us those will be with the same person”
She’s referring to how much we grow and change across a lifetime. Relationships naturally restart or refresh as we move through different stages—aging, shifting priorities, changing roles. And the same happens within ourselves. We aren’t the same person we were at 20, 30, or 50. We evolve as we move from single life to marriage, from a job to a career, from couplehood to parenting, and eventually into a new chapter where we can pursue our dreams more freely.
People change with growth, but without growth, people stay stuck.
Do you ever feel stuck, while the people around you seem to be growing—whether they’re happier, more adventurous, or simply calmer? Sometimes that’s a sign that we haven’t embraced the growth God has been nudging us toward. Maybe we’ve pushed it away, clung to old habits, or stayed in familiar patterns.
When I looked into the meaning of the year 2026, I discovered something beautiful: it symbolizes a restart. If you add the digits together (2 + 0 + 2 + 6 = 10, and then breaking down 10 separately: 1 + 0 = 1), you’re left with the number 1. In numerology, the number 1 represents new beginnings, rebuilding, renewal, personal growth, and starting over.
In other words, 2026 carries the energy of a total restart—a “remarriage” for your own life. It’s like being handed a clean slate, an invitation to turn a new corner with fresh intentions. A chance to step into the person God has been shaping you to become, to finally pursue the dreams He placed on your heart, or simply to begin the year grounded in new, meaningful purpose.
How Can Change Occur?
As with entering each new year, a dream or vision board is not only inspirational, but it can also be fundamental. Looking at 2025’s vision board and comparing it to 2024, I basically copied and pasted a few new pictures. Quite sad actually. No work put in. No vision. No new dreams.
So, this year, I created new pictures, new titles, new aspects and dreams. This one is my own personal one, but my husband and I want to sit and do a combined one together. A joint vision board since we are connected as one – putting our dreams together as one just incorporates more strength for more vision and more growth together.
If being stuck resonated with you, be patient with yourself. Recognizing being stuck is the first step in change. And what a better way to incorporate that change is to do up your own vision board.
Click HERE to see the steps in completing yours, but remember, there is no wrong way. Just dig in and dream.
As you progress into 2026, I pray for all of you out there in my cyber family, to dream big and go after any or all of those dreams that are trapped deep down inside of you. Let’s make 2026 the year of the restart and renew.
