My Guideword for 2026: Presence
Every new year brings the same familiar noise. And it’s hard to imagine going into a new year with more noise than we are experiencing right now!
New goals. New plans. New promises.
More productivity. More progress. More “becoming.”
And don’t get me wrong — I love ambition. I love growth. I love adventure.
But for 2026, I’m not choosing a resolution.
I’m choosing a guideword.
My guideword for 2026 is: Presence.
Because the truth is…
If I don’t learn how to be present, I can travel the world and still miss my life.
I can stand at the top of a mountain and be thinking about the next one.
I can sit across from someone I love and still be somewhere else in my mind.
I can be alive… and still not fully living.
And I’ve done that before.
I’ve lived seasons where I was moving forward, “successful,” doing all the things…
but inside I was distracted, hurried, and half-awake.
Presence is the antidote.
Presence is how you reclaim your days.
Presence is how you reclaim your soul.
Presence is how you stop sleepwalking.
And it’s the subject of a book I’ve written that will be published later this year. Presence isn’t just a word — it is a way of living.
It is a decision. A discipline. A return.
Debbie Jamison Horres
Debbie@livewelltraveloften.com
Www.farthertogether.blog
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