2026 has gotten off to a ropey start for me, only because I started it with a honking cold and I’m still waiting for the cough to go away. But it’s the 6th and I finally feel alive enough to think about the year ahead.
Change of pace
I’ve been doing far too much art, for a long time now, and I want to get back to enjoying some of my other hobbies.
So I think my only real resolution of 2026 is to dive in to media that I’ve been interested in but not found the time for.
Games
I used to play video games as a primary hobby, granted nobody as an adult had the time to game they did as a kid, but I’m planning to pick up the following games that have been on my list to try for ages:
- Night in the Woods
- Hollow Knight
- Octopath Traveller
- Trails in The Sky
- Tunic
It’s not a huge list, but these titles in particular are knowing at my brain for having not played them.
Movies
Likewise I have a ton of movies I want to watch but haven’t, so here’s that list:
- Stand By Me
- Materialists
- Bridget Jones 4
- The Sandlot
- Holes
- Walk Two Moons
- Mid90s
- The Last Mimzy
- Moonrise Kingdom
- October Sky
- The War (1994)
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
- Explorers 1985
- The Last Starfighter
- The Wizard (1989)
I’m very much on an 80s childhood nostalgia trip at the moment (I blame Stranger Things ending) so that’s where a lot of these titles come from.
Books
I get mad at myself for not reading, the few books I have read I really like, I’m trying to read more ‘easy fiction’, and aiming towards older-kid/teenage titles that I feel like I should have read back in the day, but never got around to.
- Bridge to Terebithia
- Secret Garden
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- Anne of Green Gables
- The Silver Sword
- A wrinkle in time
- Redwall
- Something Wicked This Way Comes
I actually started ‘Bridge to Terebithia’ this week, as a first thing to tick off my list. I always thought the movie looked magical but I never got around to seeing it, so I think I’ll give the book a go first and see how I feel about taking on the movie after it.