Alright so, I was going to have a post out before this one, but a combination of being incredibly busy plus getting really sick with a flu which I’m still fighting rendered that basically impossible. So here we are, the annual end of the year musings from yours truly.

I’ll keep this short and sweet: 2025 was full of very high highs and very low lows for me. On one hand, I got back into gaming after a couple of years of meandering around in that department, and ended up finding lots of value in replaying older games from my childhood, as well as games I played over Covid. I also kept my weight around the numbers I was hoping for, although I’ve got extra work to do now that the holidays are basically over and there’s no large family gatherings or exorbitant meals in my immediate future. And as mentioned in previous posts, my family and I sold our place and moved, which has been a massive blessing. While the Canadian economy does make things tricky at times, we’ve been doing much better as temporary renters than we would have if we had stayed at our home. We do have plans to buy a new property in the future (even with impending land tax hikes), but for now we are content where we are.

On the other hand, I got laid off at the end of April and have struggled to find new employment. This is a similar story to many of my friends and online associates, as we’ve all sent out dozens and even hundreds of resumes to various stores and restaurants across our respective cities, only to never get an interview and rarely ever a response back. However, it is somewhat comforting to know that I am not the only one going through this. I’d definitely feel a lot worse if I was just one of a handful who couldn’t find anything. I also did experience some moments of extreme stress which led to rare but impactful panic attacks. These were caused by ultimately harmless things or problems which were way smaller than they first appeared, and it made me feel pretty silly afterwards. I may go back to my Christian counselor in the new year, but I haven’t made a decision yet.

I could list other examples of what was good about 2025 and what wasn’t, but I’d risk sitting here for hours and mindlessly typing about this and that, and I’d rather not do that while I’m still quite sick. Besides, I feel like this year speaks for itself. It was one most of us would probably rather forget. I do have hope that 2026 will be a better year for me and for the world in general, but there’s really just no way of truly knowing. Only God knows, as always.

I’ll end this here. I hope each and every single one of you has a great night, and may we all have a great 2026.

God bless, and I’ll see y’all later.