Twenty-Twenty-Thrive!

I tried Twenty-Twenty-Third-Degree but that didn’t happen, I tried Twenty-Twenty-Phwoar! but that didn’t happen either.

So in 2025, I hit 40 years old, and I felt actually motivated to tick some things off that had been bothering me for a while. So this was my bucket list for 2025… the year in which I thrive… get it?!

I ticked a lot of it off, the big one being my 3rd Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo! But in doing so I managed to break my arm, which made it difficult to do some of the other things on the list.

I did also end up getting a new job, so without trying to make excuses (really just to myself) that did take up a fair bit of time and energy. Interviewing is hard, I’ll write about that another time.

So those have been rolled over to 2026! And I’ll be ticking them off this year, and trying not to put too much else on the list!

Completed

  • Do my 3rd Degree Grading
  • Visit the RNLI Museum in Poole
  • Finish painting the pink tree on my dining room wall
  • Visit the Royal Armouries in Leeds
  • Visit the National Video Game Museum in Sheffield

In progress

  • Replace the Shed Roof that has been leaking since we moved in 8 years ago (I’ve taken the roof off but got side tracked rebuilding a lot of the brick work!)
  • Finish and automate the “Where you at?” website (I worked on this a lot but kept restarting trying different AI assistants… wasted a lot of time with that.)

Postponed and rolled over

  • Finish and publish a short story
  • Release one of the video games I have been working on
  • PB my 10k time (49:28)
  • Run 1000km in the year (127.5/1000)
  • Cover a song playing drums, guitar, bass, and maybe singing