‘Delete Negative People’…. What!!?

A post popped up on my feed saying:

In 2026 •Delete negative people •Accept your mistakes •Forget your past •Restart your life…

And I thought, ah yes — the annual “press reset on your entire existence” reminder. Comforting. 😅

“Delete negative people” gets me. As if negativity is a rare defect rather than a normal response to being alive. No one’s positive 100% of the time — not me, not you, not even that serene yoga instructor on Instagram.

There’s a difference between someone who vents because life is hard and someone who actively drains you. Boundaries matter. But blanket deleting anyone who isn’t upbeat feels less like growth and more like emotional avoidance dressed up as self-care.

And “forget your past”? Sure, don’t live there — but it’s not a glitch to erase. It’s a teacher.

Maybe 2026 isn’t about restarting your life. Maybe it’s about patience, honesty, and tolerating normal human messiness.

Anyone else feeling this? Or am I alone in my ‘maintenance over reinvention’ era?