Happy 2025. Thoughts from the last year, what worked, what didn’t…I will continue…Blogging every day, continue.Aiming for >7 hours of sleep. Allowing myself 30 min to fall asleep. No distractions.3.5L of water per day.>30 minutes of exercise per day.Maximizing protein intake.>2 hours of piano practice per week.Write personal notesAim to read a chapter per day of a bookI will stop…I no longer see the value in specific eating plans. There’s enough evidence out there that energy deficiency is required for losing weight, and diets are simply a lever that can be pulled. Not saying what I think. I have the habit of hedging or softening my positions, I will stop that in 2025. In 2024, I got better outcomes by being more blunt. The tradeoff is momentary stress, but the long-run benefit is congruency. I don’t know if I will stop, but I may limit my consumption of general business books in favor of specific academic subject areas. Example — stop reading about leadership and start reading more about a specific industry or brand. I will limit, not stop, my time with others and prioritize my home life and my personal time. My time is finite, and I can’t be all things for all people. I need to more focus on that which brings me long-run utility and value over short term gains from making people happy at the expense of myself. I will start…I don’t know that I want to start anything at the moment. I’m happy with reductions for the moment. Sometimes life doesn’t need adding….Best Music EnjoyedThinking of You - Aaron FrazerYai Yai - Mohama SazPaper Doll - Kurt Eling & Sullivan FortnerPixingando - Amina Mezaache & MaracujaForever - MidlifeNo Death - Mirel WagnerElectric Energy - Ariana DeBose, Boy George, and Nile Rogers (I’m a sucker for that bassline)La Comparsa - Ernesto Lecuona played by Frank FernandezVaper Wipe - The Breadman (shameless plug, I did keys for their album… but I love this track, a nod to my influence, Richard Tee)Best Movies Enjoyed“Argylle”“Red One” - cackled non-stop“Conclave” - the skeptical and lapsed Catholic in me loved this one“Deadpool & Wolverine” - I waited for this movie all year, it did not disappoint“American Fiction” and “Am I A Racist” - Yes, I saw both, and loved both. I’m attracted to the controversy, I love satire, and I think it’s healthy to laugh at ourselves.“The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” - watched multiple times. All and all — a good year. Lots learned, lots of music enjoyed, lots of enjoyable movies, and fun experiences. Looking forward to 2025.Happy New Year.

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