Halfway through 2026: what is one thing you have changed your mind about this year?

[DigitalNomad76]

We are past the midpoint of the year, which feels like a decent moment for a bit of honest stocktaking. Not resolutions, those are dead by February, but actual changed minds, the opinions you held in January that quietly did not survive contact with the last six months

It can be big or small. Maybe you swore you would never use AI tools and now you do, maybe you thought your team would be fine this season, maybe you finally admitted the expensive coffee machine was worth it or that it absolutely was not

The only rule is honesty, and bonus points if you can say what actually changed your mind rather than just that it changed. Watching someone reason in public is the whole point of a forum

I will start in the replies. What flipped for you?

[WWEReins19]

I thought working from home forever was the dream. Six months of a hybrid job later and I actually missed people. Never saw that coming

[RVD17]

Opposite for me, went full remote in March and my blood pressure has never been better. Different wiring I suppose

[Its_Jackson62]

Changed my mind on ebooks. Held out for years on principle and then moved house with 40 boxes of books and the principle died on the stairs

[CyberRider56]

The stairs are undefeated in that argument

[GoldbergFan]

In January I thought the AI stuff was 90 percent hype. It is maybe 50 percent hype, which turns out to be a very different thing

[Rogue Sam]

I changed my mind about my own five year plan. Turns out it was someone else's plan I had memorised. Cheerful thread this

[Golden Dan]

That one deserves its own topic honestly

[PhantomCore81]

Smaller one, I now put the milk in first. My nan was right, the tea is better, I owe her an apology at the graveside

[Craig90]

I stopped believing that being busy meant being useful. Cut half my commitments and got more done. Still feels illegal

[Ronan_34]

Genuinely cannot think of one and now I am worried about myself. Does refusing to change your mind about anything for six months count as a personality?