Wednesday Hodgepodge - 1/1/25

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1. Oxford's Word of the year for 2024 is 'brain rot'. Are you familiar with this term? Do you suffer from the condition? Ha! This is a term used to 'capture concerns about the impact of consuming excessive amounts of low-quality online content, especially on social media'. If you were choosing a word to capture 2024 (for the nation/world, not your own life personally) what word would you choose? 

Well I hadn't heard that term but I do think I could be inflicting it on myself sometimes lol.

As for a word that captures 2024 I think it might be "unsettling".  There is a lot going on in the world right now that is very unsettling.

2. It's National Polar Bear Plunge Day (January 1)...will you be participating in one of these events (or even your own)? How will you spend the first day of this brand new year? Do you have a traditional New Year's Day menu? 

Umm I'm guessing that involves plunging into cold water so definitely not doing that!  We don't have a set menu for the day and it's usually a quiet day for us but today we've spent a couple of hours with some of our neighbours which was nice.  One of them decided to host a small gathering and laid on a finger buffet for us.

3. What's something that brings you joy and how will you do more of it in this new year? 

Spending time with the Grandkids brings me joy but difficult now that 2 of them are so far away.  We'll be doing more Facetiming.

4. Do you struggle with the January blues? What's one thing you can/will do to keep them at bay? 

I can definitely get caught up with the January blues but I'm going to try to be more present in the blogging community, keep up my reading and get back into walking regularly.  The last few weeks I've not exactly been a couch potato but my step count has been very low.

5. Will you choose your own personal word of the year for 2025? What about a goal, resolution, or maybe even a bucket list? Elaborate as much or as little as you like. 

I don't usually choose a word and I've found that resolutions are hard to keep.  But I do want to walk more, meet the reading challenge (52bookchallenge2025) and generally be more productive with my time.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

Our Christmas tree etc will be coming down a little early this year - I usually wait until the 6th January but that's the day the decorators are coming!  (Monday) Lots to be sorted out before then.