Word Of The Year 2026

Admittedly, I was still high as a kite from breathing like a MoFo all day in one of the most intense yoga sessions of my life, and I was roaming around those retail stores trying to sort of “touch grass” by checking out cookware and retinol serums.

Lighten Up, Buttercup.

Buttercup eats when she’s hungry, sleeps when she’s tired, and doesn’t know what day it is most of the time. The culture doesn’t even know Buttercup exists, or if it does, it doesn’t take her seriously or make any demands of her. Buttercup is a child, according to the culture. Buttercup better grow the hell up.

Inspired By In November

I’ve been in a shame spiral all week about not posting last Thursday. It was my first missed deadline here. But it was Thanksgiving, and I had just returned from Portland, and I was tired and hadn’t been writing my 1K Words a Day, so I was lost.