Why I’m Choosing “Boring” This Year

Why I’m Choosing “Boring” This Year

From Plan Simple with Mia Moran by Mia Moran

February 17, 2026 · 43 min · Episode 580

About this episode

Mia discusses her choice of 'boring' as her word of the year and the lessons learned from embracing this concept.

“Boring isn’t about making life smaller — it’s about finally doing what I said I wanted to do.” —Mia My highly passionate, creative, maybe ADHD, manifesting generator — or simply feeling scattered — sisters, I hope you find one piece in here that helps you. I’ve chosen “boring” as my word of the year. The need for boring energy has shown up through the health challenges of the past two years — a diagnosis that led to brain surgery, a series of illnesses, and recently falling and breaking my arm and sacrum. And surprisingly, saying boring has helped me finally follow through — actually doing the things I know will create the life and goals I want. As I lean into this word, I’m learning a lot. Here are some of the biggest lessons so far: 1. Avoid Shiny Objects Have you ever gone to post something on social media and resurfaced 90 minutes later unsure what happened — and the post isn’t even a thought anymore? Me. All the time. But I’m changing that. Boring means going in with intention, doing the thing I came to do, and leaving before the distractions take over. 2. Notice the Negative Behaviors That Pretend to Help I’m really good at rushing and multitasking — but I miss things…

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Host: Mia

Topics covered

  • self improvement
  • health
  • entrepreneurship
  • education
  • business

Keywords

  • boring
  • health challenges
  • brain surgery
  • distractions
  • negative behaviors

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