2025 was better than 2024; it's pretty much all been great since July 2022. Here's to a better 2026!
Overview/Timeline
January -
February -
March - Theo is 13!!! A teenager!
April -
May -
June -
July -
August -
September -
October -
November -
December - 5 exams, Xmas chill/NYE
Music
Minutes on YouTube Premium were not correctly tracked so it gave me some pathetic number that doesn't reflect that 100s of hours of walking/exercising/sitting around listening to music so I am going to give that as much effort as they did.
Top 5 tracks according to Premium: N/A because they fucked up.
My actual top 5 (ish)
Just Close Your Eyes (Story of the Year)
Ashes to Ashes
Slide
You Are You Are I Am I Am
Elevated
Top track(s) by month:
January no forever maykay; brighten up my life stunning February y2j; natasha b these words; cody kingdom; shallow gaga-cooper March aj styles i am i am; cody epic; MSP Motorcycle Emptiness April Bear Claws, Holy Mountain, Shinya Aoki DDT entrance May luchasaurus, epic Cody; ascending MI:final reckoning June save a prayer duran duran, orange crush REM July ashes to ashes, black hat vincent pedulla, pressure queen/bowie; elevated August come up and see me; aj styles (last tna one); circles post malone September aj styles (last tna one), slide calvin harris; john farnham voice October only exception/true believer paramore/hayley; just close your eyes (waterproof blonde) November christian cage waterproof blonde just close your eyes; various reverbs December christian cage just close your eyes (story of the year), vince mcmahon theme
Movies/TV (week starting; yellow best non-2025 movie, green best 2025 movie)
Jan 1 juror #2 Jan 6 a real pain Jan 13 absolution Jan 20 flight risk Jan 27 elvis Feb 3 lee Feb 10 killers of the flower moon Feb 17 rocky 3
Mar 3 Mickey 17
Mar 31 minecraft Apr 7 ghostCatAnzu (jff) Apr 14 postcard to earth Apr 21 sinners
Jun 16 28 YEARS LATER
Jul 7 still he waits (FF)
Jul 21 superman Jul 28 fantastic 4 Aug 4 naked gun re Aug 11 big short Aug 18 la confidential westport Aug 25 weapons Sep 1 pulp fic
Oct 6 ooba Oct 13 smashing machine (10th)
Nov 17 fog of war
Dec 8 FNAF 2
Dec 15 mononoke Dec 22 nausica
Games by month 2025
January - Star Ocean 2 R, Civ 6, Age of Empires 3
February - Smackdown 2: Know Your Role!, LA Noire, Aoe3/2
March - Civ 4, Holdfast, Majora's Mask 3 heart challenge
April - Civ4, New Vegas
May - civ4, fortnite
June - lttp; OW 100%; cv6
July - re4r, Marvel Rivals, civ6, DayZ
August - DayZ
September - DayZ, Kingmaker
October - DayZ, Heavy Rain
November - DayZ
December - New Vegas, Gears of War 1 Reloaded; Baldur's Gate 3
Reading
I read nothing this year! Will try to rectify in 2026. Something about going to bed at 5am and not reading beforehand.
Exercise
Walking
I walked 180 times, so once every 2 days at least and covered 1500+ kilometres.x
Cycle
I cycled 75 times for 854km. So a bit down from the year before but it was mostly for work. I'm giving it a break for a bit but maybe start again in mid to late January.
Running
I ran 20 times for 133km, so maybe half of what I did in 2024 but fine as I started in August and finished by November. Will hopefully go back to it properly in 2026.
Lifting
Chest/bb - still doing 2 chest and triceps a week and 2 back and biceps.
Travel
Las Vegas, April. Got to see the Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Lake Mead. Mania 41!
Mayo July climbed Croagh Patrick again
Sligo August Hagstravaganza
ICELAND October/November
Work/College
Worked February to October, was good money, 4 days a week and easy work. Went back to UoG in September so quit to focus on that.
Writing
Didn't write anything other than a few notes but hoping to go back in 2026.
Wrestling
My fandom is mainly now: know who has what belts in the major companies, watch the occasional AEW/WWE PPV if I'm up late for it/I remember it's on; casually follow what's happening via Twitter/clips/podcasts.
D&D/board gaming
No D&D, played some Britannia, TIME Stories,
My own weird shit
Personal challenges per month (cycling, running, walking, post per x etc) will continue!
Necut? Is ALIVE
Writing? SOON
The superschedule/mood per day/day rating/month rating - TBC
The blog itself
2026 - no restrictions, minimum 1 post
Huge drop-off in my effort here, mainly due to commitments elsewhere. Also, a deliberate 'leave less of a digitial footprint/people don't need to know your business' attitude since early 2025.
Plans for 2026
Finish college, acquire internship/fake email job, save money again.
