Hello, 2026! Word of the Year: Revolution
- Jake James Vanek

- Jan 1
- 3 min read
Another year, another entry detailing the hopes, wishes, and desires for the course of the next twelve months.
I'm brewing my afternoon cup of coffee as I'm nourishing a happy belly full of some delicious avocado + tomato toast! The creamy texture and juicy bites help me to combat my body's desire to suck on a metal nipple aka nicotine vape. Its been 4 Days 16 Hours 18 Minutes and 9 Seconds since I quite nicotine/vaping/smoking. I guess I got ahead of any New Years' Resolutions!

2025 was a lot of Purging and Cleansing. I continued my no alochol consumption that carried over from April 2024. April 2025 gifted me with inspiration to no longer consume THC. What else did I have to remove from my life? NICOTINE.
My goodness. I remember my first cigarette walking the streets of NYC while in college. I wish I never had that first cigarette, but I'm trying not to focus on the shoulda-coulda-wouldas in life. I was...19? Nearly 16 years of battling Nicotine addiction where the last two years led me to using a vape.
This quitting feels different, but I don't want to underestimate the power of addiction. I'm confident that this releasement from Nicotine's claws will be much different than previous years. I do not identify has a Nictotine-User. I don't desire to inhale Nicotine. The "cravings" I have been feeling were just Habits, Urges, and Pulls.
The real test will be something stressful that newly approaches my path...hopefully I choose not to believe the lie that Nicotine will improve the situation. The Lies Lies Lies of addiction.
2026...my Word of the Year is "REVOLUTION". I want a Revolution in all forms of my life. I feel it in my Bones.
January 2026's Calendar was created this morning with Revolution-Intention woven throughout each markers' lines.

My Practice...tbh..there's not much else I can do with it. I can only write so much about XYZ things that align with my interests, preferences, and boundaries. If there are 10 people in a room...maybe 1 of those people would be placed in the category of being a "believer" in PSI while the others would just laugh at the idea of someone actually considering PSI to be very real. So! I'm not really putting my energy into my Practice other than when someone schedules a reading.
I want a Revolution in my day-to-day life. I'm coming off a sports-injury-you-could-say. I pulled my abdominal muscle again so I am counting the days until I can return to the gym! I want to focus more on muscle building in 2026 while continuing my whole-foods-plant-based lifestyle and no more alcohol, THC, and nicotine. Caffeine...oh boy...maybe one day I'll let that one go.
A Revolution in my day-to-day job! I feel a change in the winds blowing me elsewhere in terms of my day-job. Where shall this lead me?
I don't desire a Revolution in my romantic life with my wonderful partner. He and I are the only great thing going in which I don't desire any improvements. Maybe just to increase XYZ for us to do ABC. I am so so so THANKFUL for my love! He is a Blessing.
Revolution...I'm intrigued. What shall this Word of the Year bring to me? How will Inspiration strike my Mind Tool in step with Revolution? What choices will present themselves to me that will birth Revolution?
Piano lessons starting this Friday definitely aligns with Revolution. I can't wait to start! There's no video game on Earth that can compare to piano. Final Fantasy 14 came back into my life starting on Halloween, but I'm bored with the game now that I'm up-to-date on the latest content. I love me some FF14, but there comes a point when there's nothing interesting to keep my hands on the controller day after day.

Revolution with my Mind....my Psyche...my Experience.
Stepping into Divine Will...releasing expectations of how things need to play out.
I'm just focusing on the Revolution and to follow Inspiration.
Revolution, what shall you birth for me in 2026?


