Knicks won the NBA Finals.
Sam Darnold won the Super Bowl.
Indiana won the National Championship.
Apply for your dream job.
Buy your dream car.
DM your crush.
2026 is the year to just go for it all.
I saw an Instagram post that said:
“When you’re born in a burning house, you think the whole world is on fire. But it’s not.”
The opposite can be just as true.
“If you’re raised in a home full of love, accountability, and responsibility, you think the whole world lives by those rules. Then one day you discover it doesn’t, and the confusion can be just as overwhelming as the fire.”
Sometimes people who grow up around chaos expect chaos everywhere. But people who grow up around stability often struggle to recognize dysfunction when they first encounter it. They assume others will act with the same honesty, empathy, and respect they’ve always known.
Both are forms of seeing the world through the lens of the home that raised you.