Welcome back to The Smart Girl Newspaper: your curated, weekly, newspaper for the curious and intelligent parts of you: an antidote to the doom scroll and complacency. This week, we take a look into how to up-level in the new year, a perspective on the “tradwife” trend from the financial lens, habit tracking, and more to get us ready for 2026! To be honest, 2025 was one of the best years of my life (especially thanks to all of YOU!), so I’m excited to see what 2026 will be!
A very tactical guide for how to track your habits in a variety of ways and what to track based on your goals!
I’m a Capricorn, so naturally I love any sort of up-leveling for the new year. This article by the founder of Crown Affair takes a unique, creative approach. I love the idea of solo Artist Dates!
An interesting look into the shifting climate around luxury brands, especially as owning luxury items is becoming seemingly more common. (ie. the multitude of Birkin un-boxings and luxury hauls on TikTok!)
Listen: Your 2026 mindset glow up: how to remove self doubt and make this your most successful year yet with Dr. Shadé Zahrai on Spotify and Apple.
If you haven’t noticed already, I just love a new year and new beginnings! This episode is the kick in the butt we all need to make 2026 the best year yet! :)
The tradwife fantasy isn’t because my friends and university classmates suddenly have a strong desire to bake pies from scratch. It’s a desperate attempt to fill the gap between effort and reward.
The top things I learned from our guest experts this year that changed my life! All of these are changes I’ve made in my own life based on the research and expertise of these wonderful, female, clinicians and scientists!
I hope you guys enjoyed vol. 009 of The Smart Girl Newspaper! Stay tuned for next week!
