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2026: A Return, Not A Reset

  • Writer: Kristy Italiano
    Kristy Italiano
  • Jan 1
  • 1 min read

The last few years have taught me something.


How to stand still when everything feels uncertain.

How keep going without clarity.

How to trust myself when the noise gets to and the path gets quiet.


The last few years were the kind that test your patience, your confidence, your faith in timing.

The kind that force you to slow down, rethink, and rebuild in ways no one sees.


I didn’t come out of them louder. I came out steadier. And somewhere in that steadiness, one word kept surfacing: unshakeable.


Not as armor.

Not as bravado.

But as a quiet promise to myself.


Unshakeable doesn’t mean I wasn’t shaken. I was.


It means I learned how to find my footing again without panic, without proving anything to anyone.


I learned that pauses aren’t failures.


That redirections aren’t rejections.


That strength doesn’t always look like forward motion. Sometimes it looks like restraint.


Unshakeable is trusting the work I’ve already done. It’s honoring the seasons that required endurance instead of speed. It’s knowing that growth still counts when it happens beneath the surface.


This year, I’m not forcing momentum.


I’m choosing alignment. I’m moving with intention instead of urgency.


I know how to stand my ground now. I know how to listen to my instincts. I know how to move forward without abandoning myself in the process.


So no… this isn’t a resolution.

It’s a return.


To trust.

To confidence.

To the best version of me yet.


2026 doesn’t need me to hustle harder.

It just needs me to stay rooted.


Unshakeable.

And ready.

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