First full year married. My year of video games Schism with friends Still not really doing things I'm proud of at work Favorite things from this year * Running * Piano * Ragtime * Fallout 4 Here's what's on my mind right now, no filter. Oma passed away. It is not altogether a surprise, but she did come down with pneumonia around Thanksgiving, giving all of us a scare, we thought it was time then, then recovered, and we thought she was out of the woods, so in some ways it was a surprise. Or surprising. The timing was a surprise. It was the first news I heard waking up on New Year's Day. I don't read enough. i don't manage my time well enough. I consume a lot of media. It doesn't lend well to producing original work. How important is original work really though? Do we really need more blogs or essays or thinkpieces from random writers on the Internet? I feel like....no some days, but with the rise of AI slop, maybe it's more important now than ever. I spend way too much time on my phone. A lot of it is being uninspired by the work I do 40 hours a week.