Happy New Year!!

I have a few goals in mind for this year, all of which are quite achievable. I don't normally do New Year's Resolutions; more of a spur-of-the-moment kind of person, but coincidentally this spur happened at the start of 2026!

Going back to the gym

I have been wanting to get started back at the gym for a while now, with my levels of activity being limited to walking to town sometimes, I feel like it would be really good for me. I used to go every lunch during the week, doing some cardio and then 2 leg days with 3 arm days. Nothing major though, not bulking like The Rock or anything like that. For now I think twice a week at lunch times will do the job, one leg day and one arm day, with cardio to warm up.

Levelling up my art

I have always liked doodling, some of them are decent, some are failures. None are what I would say is good enough to release to the public though. I got an iPad for Christmas from my wife, and I bought a quick Apple Pencil knock-off from Amazon for £7. The plan is to take some courses and using Procreate I could just gently improve my art game. I don't think I will ever want to be at the levels of those I follow on Instagram; like Simz Art, Mossy Pines, and just bunches more that I enjoy scrolling through on my periodic doom scroll.

But I would like to get to a point where if I wanted to whip out a decent level image then I can. I think my main areas to improve are in proportions and colouring. I want to be able to add depth without losing the character of the doodle.

Beat my “high score”

Lucky Saint has really came in clutch for me, providing a tasty low alcohol beer. It has helped me both curb what I drink, but also when I do have a beer it is far less of an issue. I had a high score of 82 last year, that is 82 days before I had a drink with >0.5% ABV. I only broke that because of Christmas celebrations, you know how it goes! But now I want to see if I can beat that 82 day record!

Start streaming again

I like the idea of building out the community again; I have always wanted to build out a community but I just got so busy and well... life got in the way. I plan to gently reintroduce streams again and this time stick to it better, by setting up automations like Streamcord to avoid TOIL*. Hopefully I am able to maintain a good schedule.

I wonder if there are folks around me who have similar plans for the new year. 🤔