The Party is Over!

Welcome, 2025. Farewell, fun.

Well…at least for a while.

Like many people, I get serious about “shaping up” in January. Then, for the most part I try to stay focused until December when all bets are off.

This past year was no different. Well, it may have been a little worse. Maybe it was the European vacation at the beginning of the month that kicked things off, next level.

Eating cookies for breakfast; skipping exercise class; ordering wine with lunch; celebrating happy hour in the middle of the week; hell, we even ordered dessert the other day! I was like an out of control 18-year-old who just arrived at college with no guardrails for the first time. (Hopefully I didn’t also gain the dreaded “Freshmen 15.”)

The party is officially over. Dry January has started, the cookies are all gone, and I am back to my regular exercise classes.

In looking for a bright spot (behind the good health thing, of course), there is actually a huge one. Since I’m now retired, this is the first time I do not have to go back to work after the December break. And this year, because of the way the calendar fell, it was actually three full weeks off, so it would have been really hard to face that Monday morning.

Now, that’s what I call a bright side.

Happy New Year!