SUNLOOM | Feelings First -Designing a Year 2026 That Holds You...
Every December we’re handed the same script: Make goals. Work harder. Transform. Become a shinier, more optimised version of yourself by January 1st. Underneath the glitter and motivational quotes sits a quieter, heavier message: “Who you are right now is not enough. Try harder. Push more. Make it count.” But with Sunloom, we do not want to build our lives from pressure. We build from presence. So this December, we’re stepping away from resolutions and stepping into something more honest, more spacious, and more sustainable: Try feeling-led goal setting. Not surface-level, not “choose your word of the year” and move on. But a deep, grounded redesign of how you choose what matters. Let’s begin. 1. Your Body Remembers the Year You Survived Before we talk about next year, pause. When you think about the year you just lived, where do you feel it in your body? The tightness in your chest. The constant alertness under your skin. The numbness that settled somewhere you stopped paying attention to. Or the sparks, the aliveness, the softness, the small moments of clarity. Your body is honest in ways your mind isn’t. So ask: - What is my body clearly done with? - What is it quietly asking for more of? Let this be your starting point. Not productivity. Not ambition. Not “shoulds”. But the state you want to live from. 2. Choose Your Feelings-North-Star Instead of writing resolutions, choose 2-4 core feelings you want to experience more often next year. Not vague affirmations - visceral states. Here are a few that often emerge for people who are done with hardness: - Creative - Brave - Soft - Grounded - Light - Joyful - Rooted Your feelings aren’t a reward you get after you achieve your goals. They’re the criteria your life must meet. So complete this sentence: “Next year, I want my life to feel more ________, ________, and ________.” And then: “What does an ordinary day look like when my life feels like this?” 3. Let Your Feelings Become a Filter Every project, responsibility, invitation, ambition, opportunity...let them all pass through this filter: