This is an excerpt that our creator, Sarah Faith, wrote for her personal newsletter on Substack. This piece is more of a United States-centric, collective overview.  

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Action Over Overthinking

Yes, I know this is an awkward headline, which is the point of it.

2026 is an action first kind of year. Most of us know what to do, but we’ve been stuck in fear mode, which often looks like avoidance or rumination. Try things. Go for it. Pitch yourself. Say what you want.

Stop overplanning and waiting and start doing! Don’t wait until your product is perfect, ship it at the MVP stage! Stop fiddling with your website design for the millionth hour, publish it as is, and focus on making and selling!

Remember when I said some folks have no idea who they are anymore, or what they want to make? Part of your burnout recovery or pivot is taking action around things that bring you joy. Things you are obsessed with and passionate about! It’s ok if you don’t know what you want anymore, but the way to figure it out is to experiment with things you think you might like.

Doing things is how you figure out what you like doing and what you do not. It is how you figure out how you work, and how to work more effectively.

The goal is progress. The goal is being prolific.

Suggestions for right now: Court rejection: try to be rejected at least 2 times a week. Take one new action a day. Put things out before they feel “finished.” Make small marks on a page. Read “The Courage To Be Disliked,” or “Four Thousand Weeks,” or read up on the 12-week year strategy.

Second Chances

For many, this year will feel like a second chance. A second chance to write the book. Be an artist. Restart the dormant business.

Use this second chance opportunity to recommit. Stop being a life lurker.

Some of you had some brilliant ideas that you’ve waited to take action on for far too long. In that time span, you’ve seen other people release similar ideas. You’ve lost the spark or motivation on a project you half-began 4 years ago and never finished. Revisit those old ideas, and update them for the present moment. I call this timeline weaving: picking up the meaningful threads in your life, and reweaving them back in. It’s not too late. You aren’t too old.

Fun fact: most start-up founders are in their 40’s. Many people have multiple projects fail before one succeeds. If the vision feels too large to execute on, think about the smallest, most doable version of it and try it!

Suggestions for right now: Go back into your own abandoned projects, journal entries. Revisit your old ideas. Is there a way to finish them? To get them out in a smaller container or time period?

Read the whole essay here.