2025 for me was a pretty good year. Made some good progress in health and confidence, had lots of great moments of making music. Connected with communities, met some amazing people.

Bad

The bad things first. The world is getting even worse. Bigotry, greed, violence, fascism, war, disinformation, and stupidity reign. Things won’t get any better soon. Then there were some unexpected deaths of people I knew, some of them quite young.

Good

Did quite a few performances and concerts with lovely people, from the philharmony, to the power of vulva, to christmas songs.. Exhibited some of my photos. Met some far away friends again, reconnected with one of my best friends from high school. Did a lot of medical checks and everything was fine. Did some good work for my client. Got into computers again and upgraded, migrating to Linux. Got a good minimal setup for my cello performances and for my photography. Had some lovely parties with lovely and attractive people. Got more confident socially. Had some great fornication. Started to make electronic music again with a friend. Managed to help some people. BEcame part of the Gremium again. Started yoga again which is very good for me. Connected with a lovely person who became a dear friend. And most of all: felt happy. Happy with my life, with who I am and who I hang out with.

Evaluating the new years resolutions I made for 2025:

  • Some of the usual stuff, healthy habits, exercises, get better on cello and fornicating, find the love(s) of my life, connect with communities, make my house nicer, waste less.

Yes! Most of it.

  • Sing more. Improve technique, sing in some ensemble.

Sang a little, but still working on it. Started more of this beginning of this year.

  • Get better at cooking.

No.

  • Skydiving (tandem jump)

This year maybe.

  • Improve my Spanish and Russian

Did a bit!

  • Scuba dive

No

  • Travel. Poland (Poznan, Oświęcim), Portugal, Romania?

No, travelled a bit of France, Switzerland, and Netherlands.

  • Get good at tango. Find a nice tango partner.Become part of the tango community.

No. But might have a tango partner.

  • Health is still the biggest priority, especially energy, teeth (crowns), get a colonoscopy, fix hiatal hernia. Hydrate! Yoga.

Yes! Still need to fix some teeth and hernia. Many big improvements. But some things got worse, like neck and back.

  • Writing. Also develop my technique in getting things out of my head and onto paper. (Or markdown files).

I did a little, but I did orghanise things better.

  • Do more photography again, like portraits from friends.

Yes! Some great sessions.

  • Work on my approaching people. Respectfully and fun.

Yes! I got better socially and intimately.

  • Deepen some of my friendships.

Yes! Old friends, new friends.

  • Dinner parties with friends.

Hardly.

  • Get better at landing airplanes.

A little.

  • Fix some broken devices.

Some succes in this.

  • Get rid of stuff I don’t need anymore.

Still alot to do.

  • Work! Find nice work with nice people that pays well.

Not too bad.

  • Teach!

Yes!

  • Video / motion graphics / youtube.

No.

New years resolutions for 2026.

I can cut and paste a lot from previous years:

Some of the usual stuff, healthy habits, exercises, photography, get better on cello and fornicating in a sustainable way, perform, find the love(s) of my life, connect with communities, make my house nicer, waste less, get rid of stuff I don’t need, fix some stuff, dinner parties, teaching. Family! Friends! COmmunities! HElp people and be less selfish.

  • Sing more. Improve technique, especially with microphone.
  • Get better at cooking. This really has to happen.
  • Skydiving (tandem jump)
  • Improve my Spanish and Russian
  • Travel. Poland (Poznan, Oświęcim), the African continent, Spain, Grenoble.
  • Get good at tango. Find a nice tango partner.Become part of the tango community.
  • Health is still the biggest priority, especially energy, teeth (crowns), fix hiatal hernia. Hydrate! Yoga. Quality of sleep.
  • Writing! Discipline!
  • Work! Find nice work with nice people that pays well.
  • Video / motion graphics / youtube.
  • Make more electronic music, with other people.
  • Learn Rust, docker, bitwig studio, darktable.
  • Move to mostly open source software and operatring systems.
  • Find financial independence.