Do you want … A Day 1 of a Fresh Start

Put on your thinking cap … and let’s get a little imaginative. It’s New Year’s Day of 2026. WOWZA.

I mean, I barely seemed to make it through 2024 and now you want me to imagine a whole other year. I mean this year was … election madness, lost a family member, second grandchild, and so much more. But this isn’t about 2024, it’s about 2025.

So as I look forward, as we look forward …

What would you want to look back on a year from now and be grateful for what you did?

For me … just a simple word … I want to see a simple word …

LESS

Less spending. Less weight. Less junk around the house. Less skipped days on MuddyShoes. Less lost time to social media. (Did you now “Brain Rot” is the Oxford word of the year?) Less Brain Rot.

BRAIN ROT … (n.) Supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging. Also: something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration.

So that means I have a second word …

MORE

More in the Word. More time building relationships. More MuddyShoes entries. More time with grandkids.

So, this year … Less & More. That’s what I want to look back on at the end 2025. What about you?