2025 was hard work, on the whole. One of the benefits of keeping my monthnotes is that I can look back at trends. It turns out that I’ve felt overworked and overwhelmed pretty much throughout the year – not just in the past few months, as I’d thought. That’s something I need to fix as soon as possible.
There were some great highlights to the year: seeing Guernica in Madrid and the Goldsworthy retrospective in Edinburgh. Rosy moved up to Hebden Bridge. Kitty and John got married. Sinners was an amazing movie. I did my first public tarot readings. I performed at a wonderful event in the Brighton Fringe and had my first reading in Hebden Bridge.
Work has gone well. I’m more than three years into this job and still love it. The pandemic has helped with this – permanent office attendance ground me down in all my other jobs. Having more energy has meant I’ve engaged more with my colleagues. My role is challenging but I’m excited about going into 2026.
I’ve struggled with my writing a little, with work stealing much of the energy that I need for that. I’ve wound up the weekly substack and I’m looking into how I can bring a new energy into whatever I produce. I also want to concentrate more on writing that involves real-world interactions.
I’m ending 2025 far more tired than I should feel. It was a good year, but I want next year to be better.
