Happy New Year

Happy new year!

It's the first day of the year and we've hit the ground running haha. In fact, I was doing a bit of work when the clock turned 00:00, and the sound of the fireworks woke up all the dogs and children in my neighbourhood. I often say that, although being one of the shortest days in the northern hemisphere, it's the longest day of the year, as experienced by most people. Think about it... as you're reading this now, if it is still the 1st of Jan, it feels like its been the 1st for longer than one day right? That's what I mean.

Anyhow, it's just an arbitrary day. Nothing today actually changed cosmologically. It's just a day that was decided upon to be the first day of the year. In fact the time is wrong by a quarter of a day which we will correct for this year, next month, at the end of Feb.

I have an aunt that was born on the 29th of Feb. I have a reminder to wish her a happy birthday this year, as well as buy her a big present to compensate for the past 3 years. It's tricky buying presents for teenagers. Going buy how many birthdays she's had, she should be turning 16 this year 😅. What are good ideas for a 16 year old?

I saw a few runners on the way to the cafe today. Yes I'm at the cafe. I was going to work from home, but I was too unproductive so I decided to get out. Anyway, as usual, the new year resolutions people are already out running. The enthusiasm usually dies out by the first week, with about half the people having failed. By day 15, we're down by 95%. I'm planning to be one of the 5% that endure. I don't have new year resolutions per se, which is why I'm going to win haha. I just have general goals to achieve.

The difference between goals and resolutions is one is usually additive while the other is subtractive. Resolutions are often about things you will no longer do. I think this is why most of them fail. One of my goals is to be more physically fit. It's vague, but not really. I have some specific sub-gaols like the ability to do 100 pushups in one go. I think this is achievable and I know how to get there. Many years ago when I was much more athletic than I am now, it took me 1 month to achieve. I simply did a lot of pushups, as many as I could do, everyday. Th tactic was to beat yesterday's record. That was it. Just do better than yesterday. I expect it to take longer, since I'm older now, but sometimes around March, I should be pushing out 100 reps no probs. Right now, as a starting point, I think I can manage 20.

I have other goals, of course, including financial ones. This is bitcoin halving year. I'm planning to capitalise on that now that I am much, much wiser than last time. It's going to be fun.

I wish you all the best in 2024.

Peace & Love,

Adé