Boxes of 2026

2–3 minutes

I’m not entirely sure if a change in the calendar actually changes anything. I mean, the world doesn’t reset just because the clock moves from 11:59 to 12:00. Bills remain same and unpaid. Habits don’t improve magically. People don’t suddenly become emotionally available.

But what does change quietly is perspective. I recently saw this Life Calendar app (sadly, not available on Android). It shows your life in days. Tiny boxes. It’s about how many days you have left to waste. Or to make it productive.

Seeing fewer boxes left is scary, yes. But it also does something useful, it creates urgency. Not panic. Urgency. The kind that nudges you to stop postponing conversations, decisions, and potential version of yourself you keep saying you’ll get to someday.

And no, I don’t believe life transforms the moment 9 becomes 0 on the clock. Real change is messy. It takes months of showing up poorly before showing up better. It takes repetition. It’s running twice, then not running for three weeks, then trying again. Small course corrections.

Ironically, endless scrolling something we love to hate offered an antidote too. Somewhere between the noise, I came across Tim’s decision tree. A simple reminder! There isn’t just one path. There are many. You’re just choosing.

One more thing that’s different this year. AI! This one that helps you to feel a little less alone when you’re thinking out loud, planning again, starting again. So I’ll end with the best thing I read on LinkedIn today and honestly, the most practical blessing for the year ahead!