My 2026 Goals and How I am Changing My Life & Legacy in 1 Year 

Ultimate Goal: Change my life in 1 year. 

Hello, Gorgeous!

I gave myself a deadline of changing my life in 6 months. 

(And rewrite my entire future, a new story for my family line.)

Let’s get a little delusional and dream big, because when you miss the moon you still land on a star. Last year, I made wonderful goals for myself and most of them came true. I talk about goals like they are wishes, which they can sort of feel like at times. However, the goals I had last year that I did not achieve, I will do this year. It is not a matter of if, but when. 

This is simply because goals take time and you chip away at them with a vengeance! Keep on going, because you will always get somewhere. You cannot stop someone who knows where they are going. 

I wasn’t worried about legacy, but more about purpose. How can I supply more value for lovely ladies who want to level up through my content? I am like a cockroach. I will always be here, so I will never give up. 

It is 4:55 am as I write this. The week has flown by when I last sat down on a Sunday to put something fabulous pen to paper. [Or keyword to Google Doc then to WordPress.]

This past week, I flipped my schedule upside down and found myself. My business, my aesthetic, my style, my lifestyle, and I have more clarity than ever. 

Here’s what happened. 

1. I realised what I DO NOT want.
2. Got over my flu and finally got the year started. 
3. I gave myself a deadline.

Get 200-300 members every month into my new elegant ladies social club The Socialite Society and The It Girl School

Shameless plug incoming in a bit. But I wanted to get really clear on what my life purpose was and how I can connect all the pieces together: I want to help as many ladies as possible. 

The past year, I was really lost and had no idea what to post. So much so that multiple people have commented asking what my YouTube channel was about and I got defensive realising they were 100% correct. I hated that. So I changed it. 

The one thing that bothers me is uselessness. I realised I want to be as helpful as possible and wake people up. Not post mindlessly about half-baked ideas because I felt the need to post to remind the algorithm I am relevant. 

In other words, I was not being authentic to myself. I was lying to myself that I could be of value by posting whatever adventures. Now, I am intentional with my content and want to benefit absolutely everybody around me. 

This is why I created The It Girl School. It is where ladies empower themselves through becoming their most polished self to show up for themselves, their loved ones, and future community. 

This past year, I observed people are ironically lonelier more than ever because of social media. 

The real luxury is living offline and fostering healthy relationships, but to do this you need to fix yourself first. Where do I even begin? Companies want you to be alone to profit off ordering Postmates and capturing your attention online to shell out more ads. 

My service to you is giving you the tools to implement to improve your ability to show up for your community and learn to set boundaries in a healthy manner. This way you can manage your community and bring out the best in yourself everyday. Isn’t that fabulous? 

I am very proud as I am adding as much content into my school every week and will NEVER stop, because I found the one thing I am so wholeheartedly passionate about. I have endless topics to cover and so much advantage to add to your life to turn you into an asset. 

I have done it my entire life only to cultivate a powerful incentive: live your life to the fullest by uncovering your greatness and encourage others to do the same. It’s a bit like a cult or MLM scheme. Instead of selling people things, you are genuinely there for each other and can show up just because. I am turning friendship goals into a priority this year, because you can create a family of emotional support and loved ones who will always look out for you. 

365 days of fabulous.

I have never officially made a YouTube post about this, but I did on my Instagram @LaGiaGarcia. Briefly touched on, I made myself fabulous every single day. It taught me that when you feel good and look good, it puts you in a better mood to want to show up and say yes to opportunities. This can be a new role at your current job, when your friends invite you out, or simply getting your errands done more efficiently and effectively. 

It was a life changer for me, so I plan to implement this discipline for an entire year. Challenge accepted. So far, I am doing well and feel like a train going full speed. I hope I do not get sick to break my streak. Otherwise, I have all my ducks in a row, inshallah. 

Pay off my car + insurance 

In this post, I mapped out my goals in order by most actionable right now to the things that might take more time. When you pick the low hanging fruit, you gain momentum and your impetus is impossible to impede.

This one is pretty straightforward and is coming along swimmingly. Which brings me to my next goal. 

Pay all my bills annually versus monthly 

All the most successful people I have ever met do this. They are making money on their 7 day trial of a software and then once they start, they know they need it so they knock out the discount right out of the gate. Meaning usually payments for certain software subscriptions I use have a two month off discount for annual plans which make more sense in the long run.

I started thinking in longer terms of success, because I know I need a certain essential, so why not do my best to switch to an alternative plan that will benefit me no matter what? 

It also makes me a little sad when I see a charge coming out of my bank statement every month and stresses me out when I see a bill. This makes me feel at ease. Even though a touch of sacrifice is needed, It only happens once a year and that stress is gone in an instant. 

Since I know what to do when the bills come around, I make sure to have a sunk cost budget to plan wisely and make better decisions by thinking about how it will affect me in 5 years versus in the moment.

I used to think the question of how will this benefit you in 5 years to be ridiculous.

Then I started thinking long term and became really honest with myself. Every move I make today should benefit my grandchildren big or small. The impact you make with one wave can change it all, so do the hard things that are not that hard, but they will make you feel good later. 

10k savings & F you Money

$10,000 is the amount of money that will get me out of any bad situation without stressing. This is a typical fact known by people who are good with money. I am actually not bad with money but had to start my scratch once my savings dwindled after I lost my job. 

After three months of not working or finding something fulfilling, I was wondering why do I want to work for someone else when I make more working for myself? Inane! I figured out the code to my financial success when I was 21 years old but wanted something steady, so I flitted back and forth between jobs I gave too much energy to. Everything I touch I give 110% and wanted to stop giving all my effort to someone who did not even value me or who I expected at my deathbed. 

This time, I am sticking to my guns and making more than ever. Now, I am steadily and gradually building myself from scratch. It feels good to see rewards that are worth putting the work into. I have so much hope and am only looking up versus sideways. 

Move into a luxury apartment 

My sweetheart, Adam and I moved into this place sort of out of desperation. I will create a whole post on the hilarious apartment story and the ups and downs of why we moved here. On the surface, we are endlessly grateful for the necessity of moving into this apartment. It is small and humble, but our bills are smaller and we are surviving. Sometimes thriving. 

Next month officially marks one year we have been here. I wanted to move next month, but my wise, loving counterpart encouraged me to build my business without the stress of moving. He wanted to give me time to build myself and reach our deadline without any noise or distraction, so we are giving this a shot from our cute little first place we moved into together.

Originally, our plan was to stay here three to six months, but we ended up staying longer for a plethora of reasons. His kindness, brains, and ability to think about our future together has propelled me into also pausing for a second. 

He wants me to be successful faster rather than prolonging my efforts that are adjourned during a move. Savings that go towards a deposit go straight into my business and I can relax for a little longer in this sweet side of town.

Go out to do beautiful things and connect with as many lovely ladies possible 

This is a beautiful two for one. Ever since I have had more time for building my business, I can go out and see my friends more. Initially, my plan was to have at least one luxurious experience per month. But that was shaped around having a 9 to 5. 

Now, I have more structure and discipline than ever, but also my relationships have grown! I did not think that was something that could happen in the same sentence and the same time. 

I am enjoying new experiences whilst sharing them with the ones I love. It also gives me a chance to meet more lovely ladies, grow my social skills being able to talk to all walks of life, and come home with illimitable funny stories and adventures to look back on.

Post 2 blogs a week

I love blogging. Ever since I was 14 and laid my eyes on my first fashion blog, I wanted to be like Rumi Neely from FashionToast. She was my OG inspiration and fuel for all this. She is a natural beauty, mixed Asian girl like me, and even created a luxury brand with limited selection, sexy fun cool girl style, and gorgeous natural materials. I have nothing but delightful things to say about her.

It would be even better if I could post three times a week as I did before, but building The It Girl School by adding weekly resources into the program has taken more of my time. This is my era, you guys. This is my era. 

Sometimes, I have so much content already, it is a matter of sitting down sifting through and editing what I want to share with you — usually all of it. However, I feel like not all content is evergreen and time passes faster than I can post. I am working on this consciously and weekly so this does not get past me. I will never stop being here. I remind you, I am a cockroach and am not going anywhere. 

Post 2 videos a week 

For some odd reason, it is faster for me to edit a video than write a blog post. Oh, I realised what it is. The content already exists and I am cutting it down for you. A blog is sitting down and coming up with the ideas in real time. No matter, I want my videos to have more value even if they are not highly produced or edited beautifully. 

Something transformative I learnt this year was it does not matter if you have skills or talent. What matters is showing up everyday with good energy and a positive mindset. Even if you do not learn anything that day, you practiced simply showing up and doing the task. 

Look at the Kardashians. That is precisely what they are famous for. 300+ million followers and counting. Everything they touch turns to gold, because they show up. I channel Kim K. and Kris Jenner, because they are more inspiring than looking at Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates. Sorry guys. The girls made being a billionaire on trend. Point 1 girls. 

Ltk videos daily

This one is the hardest one on this list. I used to post daily on LTK – which I still do @LaGiaGarcia. However, I want to show up the way I do on my YouTube channel with short form. I am not bad at short form, but it takes so much longer to come up with an idea, because I am so long-winded. 

Edits will start with no talking and getting all the important information down in the caption. Low hanging fruit will save me here, because showing up is not hard and I want to do it. I have done it before, but my style is all over the place, and I need to get clear on my vision for this in 2026. Which brings me to the final upgrade of the year.

Create a new uniform aka upgrade my wardrobe

A few years ago, I created a post on all the items I wanted to wear for my capsule wardrobe. Now, that is such a buzz phrase. I want to create my forever wardrobe. I hate giving things away that I still want to wear but do not, because they are so cheaply made. 

Instead, I donate them to women’s shelters, because they benefit so much from simple things like fresh socks and an outfit to wear to a job interview that could potentially change their whole situation.

Otherwise, when I spend on a designer piece, I plan to keep it for my future daughters or granddaughters to see how stylish grandma was. When it comes to style, I really think long term, so I took down The Uniform and am redoing it. 

This is going to have more style, quality, and forever minded fashion in mind, because I love [certain]  trends and they always come back. In short, I only wear what is flattering and well made. Simple. I will wear a trend when it’s not relevant anymore but still get compliments, because I love what I wear and people appreciate that. 

This year, I cut myself down when making a stupid purchase and think thrice when considering my lack of storage. I have no clothes. Literally I have only several outfits that I am pulling out this winter and need to fix that. Ever since the loss of all my items in that last scary situation I had to escape, I am more intentional than ever. 

Countless YouTube subscribers of mine have been asking me nonstop when I am going to do a new haul, and I have not for several months and reasons. Solution: go shopping. Now that my lifestyle has changed, I have 1,001 reasons to dress up. Even when I am home. Especially when I am home. 

Another sad statement is my apartment building had really old machines that was destroying everyone’s clothes. My new clothes I recently bought were damaged with holes and rips because of them. Thankfully, they replaced the machines with new ones and we are moving in a few months. But I still have to rebuild my new life and that includes a wardrobe. Stay tuned! Fabulous styles are coming and loads of them.

Let’s get started, baby!

This is my year and I am claiming it. I have never had a zest for life until I started working for myself again full time and I feel change in the already.

I created actionable steps to reverse engineer where I want to go creating a bridge from A to B. Goals are quite doable when you break them down simply enough. Some might take 500 steps whilst others may take two weeks. Either way, you will get there so keep moving forward. Here is to a fabulous, life changing 2026! 

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