A Quiet New Year: Choosing a SettleFree, Offline Life in 2026

Heyyyy all my Settlefree sisters and friends. Happy New Year! This New Year felt different in a good way, in the best way.

For the first time in a long time, I didn’t feel the need to post on social media. I didn’t feel compelled to announce where I was, what I was doing, or to perform my excitement or happiness for an audience.

Instead, I chose presence. Yep, I chose presence.

I spent New Year’s Eve at home with my daughter and my grandson. We watched movies, shared laughs, and my daughter and I enjoyed a little wine. You know a lil adult sippy sippy! There was no rush, no noise, no pressure, no one having to try to figure out what to wear, nope, just real life, gently unfolding in the moment.

We welcomed the New Year in silence, and it felt incredibly rewarding. One of my friends gave me this ticket and I had the best seat in the house on New Year’s Eve. He He He!

The way I brought in the new year, reflects the direction I’m intentionally choosing for 2026, which is a settlefree, offline, intentional life.

For years, I showed up consistently online creating, sharing, engaging, and, at times, feeling the unspoken pressure to keep up a perception.

Luckily, for me , I’ve outgrown performative presence. I am no longer interested in being visible for visibility’s sake. I’m interested in meaning. I say luckily because, social media has become increasingly performative and disconnected from real life. I’m no longer interested in that. I love my new persona.

You see…

I am not here to entertain.

I am here to be intentional.

I am here to make an impact.

Not only am I more than just some pretty feet, I am more than an influencer. I am a thought leader. I speak life. I speak change, I care deeply about depth over noise, substance over spectacle, and real connection over constant exposure. I want everyone to live a life. Settle free and I have spoken on this for years.

As part of welcoming this new season, I honored my mom. I wrote her a note at her memorial station upstairs on my dresser where I keep her close. I told her I love her. l told her how much I miss her. I told her I will continue to make her proud, l told her she will forever be apart of me. I wished her a Happy New Year, knowing she is in heaven safe with God. She is in a better place.

This, is also what settlefree living looks like. Honoring what matters, slowing down, and allowing space for reflection and reverence.

Yes, these are baby steps, but they matter.

Even today, on the actual New Year’s Day, January 1st, 2026, I don’t feel an urge to post. I didn’t feel one yesterday, and I don’t anticipate feeling one tomorrow. Instead, I’ve been exchanging real messages sending and receiving heartfelt New Year’s texts. This feels right. This feels human.

This year, I’m choosing to live more offline and more on purpose. To build, reflect, create, and connect in ways that

are private, grounded, and deeply fulfilling. Not everything meaningful needs an audience.

Quiet, Meaningful, Intentional, SettleFree!

As social media becomes more performative, I’m choosing something quieter and more honest. I’m choosing real life.

The New Year is already off to a beautiful start, and

I love it here.

#Settlefree