2026 Nuanced core
I think my biggest 2026 OUT is limiting myself by trying to fit into a single version of who I think I’m supposed to be, when the real beauty of being human is complexity. I’ve spent so much time wondering what “type” of person I am. I love rock just as much as R&B, I’m a pilates princess and a gym rat, I’m girly pop and have my trashy sides, I’m French AND Brazilian, I’m drawn to softness and strength at the same time etc. Have we started confusing being all over the place with being balanced? Have you heard of being nuanced core? :p Clean girl, messy girl, weirdcore, barbiecore, I even heard about “having-a-life core.” Honestly, what happened to us to make us want to categorize each other so much? Is it a way to feel safe? To say, here I am, now you know whether you can like me or not, I’m this kind of girl, I’m that kind of girl.
Therefore, my biggest 2026 IN is freeing myself from who I think I should be to please everyone else and choosing myself and my intuition instead. I truly believe that if people actually took the time to care for themselves in a real, honest way, they’d be kinder to others. I also believe that these “cores” and social media are slowly killing creativity and uniqueness, the very things that make us special. I’m writing this mostly as a reminder to myself, but let’s build this muscle together and keep choosing it, whoever you are and whatever you do. Let’s embrace “treating-yourself-like-a-queen core” as the only one that really matters. Bisouszoubizou. Rubi <3
