New Year, Same Me

Happy New Year, everyone.

So, early on in 2025, I received bad news. The kind of bad news that came with a “six to twelve month” timeframe, which means that I stopped doing anything besides trying to hold back the floodwaters for as long as possible. Eight months later, I lost that fight and subsequently spent the remainder of the year in a daze, seemingly shocked that this thing I knew full well was going to happen had, in fact, happened.

But now it is a new year, which means that I am now attempting to pick myself up, dust myself off, and try to do…whatever. Pick up where I left off or something.

If you follow me on either Facebook or Instagram, you may have already seen this post. But for everyone else, here’s the super ambitious and not at all unrealistic agenda that delulu little fool known as January MJ has assembled for this shiny new year:

Sharp-eyed viewers may notice that this list is essentially the same as last year’s list, which is only because it is essentially the same as last year’s list. And sure, there’s an excellent chance that come December (or even next January), this list will look exactly as it does here and now.

But, I suppose, there’s also a chance that this list may look different. (Well, except for that ‘healthier lifestyle’ goal. I like Dr Pepper too much.) We never know what the year will hold until we try.

So this is me trying.

In theory, I’ll be updating my progress (or lack thereof) on this blog once a month. I tend to post the first Wednesday of the month, and occasionally end up just ignoring this blog for months on end. So, I guess we’ll have to see how that goes, too.

So welcome to 2026, everyone. May this year somehow be less of a raging garbage fire than the last.

Be safe and well, all. 💕