It seems like 2025 just started and now it’s nearly over. What’s the saying about getting older? “The days are long but the years are short”, or something like that? Seems to hold true.
As 2026 looms just over the horizon, I’m thinking about what it’ll bring and what my plans might be.
In February, I’ll have been with LWN.net for two years. God willing and the subscriber numbers rise, I hope to be there for quite some time. At least until I win the lottery, retire, or keel over. With my luck all three of those things would happen on the same day…
There’s some home-improvement stuff I’d like to do or get done in the coming year. Our deck needs a major tune-up, if not a replacement, so that’s on the list. When that happens I intend to turn it into a full-blown Catio, so that the fuzz monsters can go get some fresh air when they’re of a mind to.
Planning on a trip to FOSDEM and CfgMgmtCamp at the end of January and beginning of February. Beyond that, I have no idea what travels may be on the table. Hopefully not too many. I’ve long since gotten over the travel bug.
Finding more time for exercise, dog-walking, and eating better is surely in the cards. I’m not comfortable with the current state of my waistline.
And more reading; I’ve read about 40 books this year, which isn’t terrible but isn’t as many as I’d like. (I probably need to read something like 200 a year to catch up with my to-read list, but I digress…) I also have several issues of Clarkesworld waiting on me to dig in… more reading time is in order.
Mostly, I’m proceeding with caution. No big wishes or plans; just going to walk softly into the new year while planning for the worst but hoping for the best. Like always.