New Year's Directives (Not Resolutions).
The new year has arrived, carrying its annual demand for promises to fix, things to optimize, a person to become. Resolutions line up like performance reviews for a future version of ourselves, heavy on intention and light on durability. But as I sat down in front of the NYE fire and think about what I wanted to get done in 2026... I decided I'm not interested in negotiating with willpower or issuing vague self-improvement ultimatums. I'm choosing directives instead. Clear. operational. Lived daily. Not aspirations, but instructions. Not performative, but structural. The kind of decisions that don't ask who I might become, but state plainly how I will operate . Operate From Signal, Not Noise. Directive: Reduce inputs. Increase discernment. I see patterns faster than most people. That's not a brag. It's a fact. And one that has always drained me, because I can't shut off my mind. The means: l ess doom-scrolling, fewer reactive conversations, m ore long-form ...
