It’s been a while. I have about a half-dozen blog post entries I’ve written over the past few months that I haven’t published, primarily because I’ve been too busy (and lazy) to really sit down and reflect while engaging in my creative hobbies the later half of this year. That, and I had to relearn some HTML after being away from the website for so long, but now I’m a bona fide Amateur Webdev^TM with 40% of an HTML textbook under their belt to refresh my memory. I plan on returning to these scraps in the near future, but first, here’s my obligatory 2025 reflection:

Overall, it was a fine year for me. Quiet and linear. Not very memorable unfortunately, but I’ve taken big steps in both my personal life and material circumstances. #grindset or whatever the fuck. I’m proud that I (surprisingly) delivered on my one New Year’s resolution from last year – to learn how to play guitar. I’m not especially great at it, but I now know enough now to play most chord-based pop music including my favourite song and have fun with the instrument while doing so, which is honestly more than enough to impress myself when I started back in January. I hope to stick to blogging more this year as it starts to feel like an obligation the longer I go without writing something down, but I need to remind myself that literally no one but me reads these entries so I may as well just have fun with them lol.

Since 2025 worked out so well for myself, I’m making two New Year’s resolutions for 2026. The first is to try taking a picture of myself for myself everyday. Not only is it good for my memory and self esteem, but I’ve actually found it to be a fun mini hobby where I get to plan outfits or outings for myself etc. I’ve technically already been doing this the past few weeks, but I’d like to make it a goal for myself to continue doing it as I could see myself really benefiting from it. I think my current discomfort with pictures comes down to socialization more than anything, as I feel like a lot of masc people are culturally stigmatized for appreciating how they look (especially if it’s not explicitly sexual or just for personal comfort reasons) and I’d like to change that for myself as I often look fucking great thank you. The second resolution I’m keeping to myself as it’s pretty personal, but even if I don’t get super into it it’ll be an interesting practice to learn about if nothing else.

Here’s to an excellent 2026!