INs and OUTs 2026 (ft. The Envelope Book Club)

Besties joined forces and we decided to spill out what 2026 will look like for us. It was like an horoscope reading including hoping all our wishes come true and believing everything that came from our mouth. The Envelope Book Club is my best friend's effort to nurture a community of readers, you can check her instagram out here.

IN: everything we like, OUT: everything overrated or useless (in our humble opinion).

INs:

• Reading with care and mindfulness books and editorials that you actually want to read so drop that boring book if you are doing it just because

• Healthy and luscious hair

• Going to the theatre for a classic ballet with your friends and dress up all sciuresque and chic

• Cute vintage beaded bag finds

• Bejewelling EVERYTHING included candles and your fingers

• Going to the balera aka dancing not to techno and trap but jams like Twist and Shout (vibes Dirty Dancing)

• Be friends with your local barista so that the first sip of coffee during the day tastes like joy

• Buying many more printed magazines (think Sex and the City vibes)

• Cultural and historical site seeings in your home country (e.g., Ravenna)

• Pedi and mani done monthly (at least)

• Get the trip out of the chat

• Gift wrapping

• Toast nuts to garnish your plates

• Breathwork as soon as you wake up

• Personalise your everyday objects (hairbrush, trinket boxes, luggage tags, key holders)

• Partner sending flowers every two (max three) weeks

• Monthly massages (they truly make a difference in your wellness routine)

• Financial planning

• Giving time to the people you love (go on that family vacation) and cultivate being a villager

• Manual handcrafts (I want to learn sewing)

• Going to Paris with your besties

• Become your own makeup guru

• Studded and colourful belts

• Email-texting your friends

• Hair clips and ornaments to elevate your look (possibly French made)

• Make quennelles

• Smoky eye (i.e. Rock, Victoria Beckham)

• Omega 3

• DIY home projects

• Create your own city - create your own New York, London, Paris in the city you live in

• New friendships outside your inner circle

• Reading substacks from people all over the world

• Handkerchief

• Sending calendar invites to your friends

• Shopping from your library (start the books you already brought before buying others)

OUTs:

• Avatar

• Cookies that look healthy but taste like ground

• Socks with holes

• Dry skin

• Too much alcohol

• Strava

• Stressing for things out of your control

• Functional homeware (e.g., plastic strainers - it's just ugly)

• Electrical cables that are too long

• Organized fun (i.e. not too much pre-planning)

• Tote bags

• Chocolate rice crackers

• Clothes you don't use anymore (e.g. that pair of jeans that doesn't fit since 2016)

• Saying yes to all plans and then cancelling last min

• House and pot plants

• Staying in your comfort zone

• Lagree

• Wrinkles

• Ugly grocery packaging

• White cold lights

• Snoozing alarms

• Mouth breathing (breathing from the nose is 1000x better for you)

• Overpacking

• Overpriced meals especially at the cafe

• Dinners with 20+ people