Build your newsletter vision & values for 2026
A FREE worksheet to help you hit your goals and build a newsletter that works for you.
Vision & Values Newsletter Worksheet
Most newsletter advice is all about growth. Useful in places, and you’ll certainly see plenty of that here, but it’s not the only thing that matters.
Ahead of 2026, I’ve created a vision and values newsletter instead. It helps you decide what you actually want your newsletter to be for yourself and for the people who read it.
You can download it for free, then print or type into it. My only real request is that you finish it, then keep it somewhere in front of you while you write.
Grounding & Context
The first section asks you to describe your newsletter as it is right now. Not your dream version, just the current one. You name when it felt like ‘you’ and when it felt off, which usually reveals more than any spreadsheet.
You also write what role you want your newsletter to play in your life and in your readers’ lives. When you consider a topic or a new idea, you can glance at those lines and ask, ‘Does this fit what I said I wanted?’.
Reader‑centred vision
Define who you are writing for, what they are dealing with, and how you want them to feel after they read.
Fill this section in as if you were describing a friend. Clear, specific, without a marketing voice. The more concrete it feels, the more useful it will be when you sit down to write.
Gentle goals & intentions
The final section swaps hard targets for things you can control. You choose how you want to feel about your newsletter by the end of 2026 and what you are done putting up with, like last minute scrambles or forcing topics that bore you.
You can set a realistic sending rhythm in plain language, then jot down how you will support it, for example batching ideas or using a simple format.
Give future you a few clear ideas and plans to run with.
How to use it
You can download the worksheet for free and either print or edit from there. All you need to do is hit ‘I want this’ when you open via the link below.
My best suggestion is to print it, fill it in, and pin it near where you work so it stays visible.
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