We are so BACK!!! Soak in the new year energy and listen to us break down our 2026 goals. But first, we reflect on what we accomplished in 2025 and share how we're feeling at the start of the new year. 

 

Olivia's Personal Goals

Continue strength routine and scale to heavier weights

Start a young writers program in the community (or volunteer for one that already exists) 

Home projects! Kitchen reno, Refinish stairs + downstairs floors, install a stair runner 

Tighten + examine spending habits 

Keep track of every single thing I buy and how much I use them

Start a new Goodwill habit (donate something every time I go) 

Generally, get rid of more than I accumulate

 

Becca's Personal Goals

Kick my phone out of my bedroom

Take an in-person multi-session art class

Plan 40th birthday

Decorate my dream office

Create hand-painted cards for birthdays

Weights 3x/week

 

Olivia's Professional Goals

Finish Little One promo strong, focusing on gratitude and confidence

Work on Little Pod

Go on Tour!

Return to my writing cave and dedicate the entire year to book 3

Nail down concept and one-page synopsis for book 4

Continue screening books for pod/book club/championing faves

Get on NetGalley, finally 

Cotswolds Reading & Writing Retreat

 

Becca's Professional Goals

Write 2 drafts of Book 3

Curate more lightness around writing

Approach Book 2 publication as a celebration

Promo podcast book club picks

Don't read mean things about myself on the internet

Grow my writing community

Grow Substack free subs/revenue by 20%

Show up joyfully/unapologetically on social

 

Obsession

Becca - Le Puzz Miniatures Puzzle, Heated Rivalry, (more to come during next week's Three Things)

Olivia - Come See Me In The Good Light

 

What We Read This Week

Olivia - Mothers & Other Strangers by Corey Ann Haydu, Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor, Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins 

Becca - Into the Blue by Emma Brodie (out Jul 14), In Your Dreams by Sarah Adams, Colored Television by Danzy Senna

 

January's Book Club Pick - Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino

 

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