First Rodeo

First Rodeo

The *1* technique I swear by for 2026 goals, resolutions, & vision boards

It's a resolution reprise! Running back the 10+ methods I tested last year and honing in on the highlights after a year of putting them to use.

Azora Zoe Paknad
Jan 15, 2026
∙ Paid

ICYMI, last year I tested out 10 viral-ish resolution and goal-setting frameworks from authors, wellness influencers, best friends and AI. I did it all, ranked them, reported back with my output, and even designed and printed my own custom tracking journal to stay on top of my goals.

It’s still a great read, and if you’re craving some more goal or resolution setting, give it a go. I include everything from cutting out images from magazines to digital moodboarding to podcast episodes to listen to… there’s something for everyone.

If you’ve read the above, you can probably tell that I was unemployed when I wrote it. I really put my back into it. At the start of 2025, I had NO IDEA what was in store for me, which is really crazy to think about.

By February, I started an awesome new job that hit all the criteria that I had laid out in my 10+ exercises, by March I was engaged, and by April I was really staring down the barrel of a year that was sooooo different than the way it started. (I didn’t have leaving NYC on my bingo card for 2025 either!) I’m grateful for that, and it’s really a trip to revisit those goals or what I wanted to manifest! So much of it came true.

This year I’m back for a resolution reprise with the gift of a little hindsight. What held up? What creators or techniques am I headed back to for a second year in a row? Were the AI powered techniques helpful or distracting?

Below for paid subscribers:

  • My #1 pick out of the 10 goal-setting techniques I tested— the one I know will serve me and that I can stick with through 2027!

  • What I’m doing differently this time now that I know where I fell off the wagon or got stuck, along with what resolution/goal-setting techniques or paths were unrealistic, at least for me

  • And then— we do the exercise together! I walk you through how I’m doing it and my 2026 goals

Let’s get into it!

First Rodeo is a twice-weekly dispatch to your inbox from moi, Azora Zoe Paknad. I’m a former start-up founder who wrote my way out of my flop era and into a next chapter full of books, balance and a cozy beach bungalow.

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