I’m really sorry we lost Ed Piskor, Graham Thorpe and Steve Albini this year.
I hadn’t been expecting Donald Trump to win and that’s what I told my kids and friends before the election. Once Joe Biden pulled out of the race I just couldn’t see how more people would vote Trump than in 2016 or 2020. Shows what I know… I guess the lesson here is it’s very difficult to know what’s going on in another country, which is one of the reasons I am planning to consume a lot less news in 2025.
I didn’t campaign for Labour in our election, but I was very pleased they won such a big majority. The mood of the country is still essentially pessimistic which leaves us vulnerable to our own populist front, but surely in time things will start to improve.
I’ve gone a whole calendar year without working and another full year without foreign travel. I’m seriously committed to work and travel next year.
I’ve lost weight through 5:2 fasting and am back to my pre-pandemic self. I’m sticking with it through next year because 1. it feels good and 2. I’m fast approaching normal weight for someone my size.
And I achieved an average 10k daily steps for the second year running, or should that be walking. I’m letting go of the step goal for next year, but I do intend to keep active and to do regular long walks with Jan, but 10k daily just takes too much time out of my day.