{"id":621,"date":"2024-12-31T20:55:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T04:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likalia.com\/?p=621"},"modified":"2024-12-31T20:56:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T04:56:38","slug":"so-long-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likalia.com\/?p=621","title":{"rendered":"So Long 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shall we start with the usual? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How is the year over? How is 2025 just hours away? How does time go by so fast?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been a weird year all around, which if you&#8217;ve been following along, you know. I think, in truth, we all can agree it has been numerous weird years in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will 2025 be better? I doubt anyone could say with certainty, on a global scale it is all a bit terrifying. A scale that is hard to comprehend from our perspective. Which makes it all the more unnerving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, we focus on our own little lives since that is where we have a smidgen of control. Though it hasn&#8217;t felt that way for me for a while. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what does that mean for <em>my <\/em>2025? Will there be big changes? At my age there seems to be fewer of those available &#8211; work, life, it all starts to feel pretty set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I did choose to switch jobs, a huge change for me. (It is still early days, but I&#8217;m hoping it is going well. Some days I think it is, others less so.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life? I do not foresee changes. I&#8217;m not going to pretend I&#8217;ll get healthier just because January rolled around again (frankly I&#8217;ll probably become less healthy, some one find me some cake!). I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll start any new hobbies. I&#8217;d like to be less stressed, though it is kind of my personality so that would be weird if I wasn&#8217;t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of the year, I guess we&#8217;ll just keep doing what we&#8217;re doing and hoping for the best. The sun rises and sets, at least that is something lovely to see. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"949\" src=\"https:\/\/likalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pxl_20241231_1630214817E37828223165273846435-1024x949.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/likalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pxl_20241231_1630214817E37828223165273846435-1024x949.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/likalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pxl_20241231_1630214817E37828223165273846435-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/likalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pxl_20241231_1630214817E37828223165273846435-768x712.jpg 768w, https:\/\/likalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pxl_20241231_1630214817E37828223165273846435-1536x1424.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/likalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/pxl_20241231_1630214817E37828223165273846435.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shall we start with the usual? How is the year over? How is 2025 just hours away? How does time go by so fast? It has been a weird year all around, which if you&#8217;ve been following along, you know. 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