Author’s Note: I originally submitted this for a writing contest. Nothing came of that but it’s still my contract with the year. I expect all points to be fulfilled.
2026, I’ve read about you. In Numerology, you are a Universal Year 1. You bring a new cycle. You reward action and expect those of us on the earthly plane to start something new. What we begin is insignificant, we only need to move. You ask us what we honestly want for ourselves. Not for your benefit, but for ours. Genuine desires, not ones that other people, who cannot be honest with themselves, you will approve of. In a Universal Year 1, self-belief and governance lead to fulfillment.
For me, dear 2026, you are a Personal Year 8. A personal 8 brings success. A positive attitude and effort make the Universe smile on a person. Rewards flow when people accept and take personal responsibility, abandon self-doubt, and leave their comfort zone. Obstacles refine our attitude, urge focus, and require creativity and resourcefulness. Career, finances, and recognition are boosted. Committing to goals and ambition garners achievement. We remember and reclaim our sovereignty with a personal 8.
Based on my notes, we are aligned. Excellent. I will be honest with you 2026, I am…displeased to put it neatly. I abhor the way we are all living. We are bombarded by people who lack accountability, personality, or any inkling of personal power. They project and animate the delusional demons in their heads into our collective world. They make their insecurities and shortcomings everyone else’s problem and I am done with it. I reject this way of living; I will no longer participate pouring my energy into it.
This is my proposal for you, 2026. What do I want for my life? I want it to be easy. You will make my life easy. You will bring me everything I have asked, prayed, and pleaded for. Everything I thought I did not deserve, needed to prove myself worthy of, and tried to deny with meeker and milder requests. You will change my relationship with career, moving from a role I have outgrown into my true calling. A calling I can no longer deny.
My finances will flow like a river with 1000 tributaries. You will ensure that I don’t worry or deprive myself of an experience for perceived lack of available funds. You will bring me a great love. I take love, the idea and action, very seriously. It is one of the most powerful forces in the Universe. I have an abundance of love from family and friends. It’s time for the romantic kind.
The kind that happily wanders with no destination. The kind that knows the beauty of rainbows, sunrises, and sunsets. Warm, caring, safe, and determined love. The kind that warrants a response to my 15-year-old self once I can answer each of her questions. This is important to me and necessary for healing that I cannot do alone.
My expectations of you are not small. I cannot keep pretending that my desires are not those of a maximalist. Full-bodied, overflowing, and vibrant. I will not lie to you, 2026. Pushing down the truth of my desires and my state of being has caused me harm. I’ve spent five years repairing myself. Inspecting the damage, determining the cause, and reshaping or replacing defunct parts. Research and development are complete; it’s time for a real-world test. Here is what I will give to you.
I will actively seek a new opportunity at work. I know the function that supports my calling. I will succeed in my new role because I will enjoy it. My best work always comes from a place of joy. I will keep track of my finances. When I’m overwhelmed, my records halt but I cannot be a good steward of what you are bringing without remaining watchful and vigilant. Awareness and involvement are strong teachers.
I will put myself in spaces to meet someone new and refreshing. I will enlist the help of my friends when needed, allowing myself to be vulnerable twice over. I will write my poetry. I will share my beliefs, hopes, and dreams actualized. I will write the world as I see it and invite people to join me in it.
I am taking down my well but ill-constructed wall of protection to let you change my life. I am letting go of the familiar to venture into the unknown where I labor for what’s mine. Life cannot just keep happening to me. I am the architect of my life, the tools are my actions, and you, 2026, are the craftsman. The mason, the technician. The path I walk leads to the sanctuary we built together. I leap and you, 2026, catch me.
