Getting ready for February

I know we're supposed to be suspicious of this kind of productiving preaching but I have to admit, I find it useful. It's not a solution, it's a help, a framework, a reminder that you're up to something. And I appreciate that Pink does his homework and values brevity and decent production.

So I'm going to give his Plan 2026 a go.

BUT, also, I'm not a big fan of starting big things on Jan 1st. It's too weird and hard doing this stuff in the strange in between days like these. So, I've realised, that I tend to spend January planning for the year; doing some combination of tidying up, hunkering down, sorting out and settling in. Not procrastinating exactly, I'll still be on my way to 5 million steps, but preparing for the help I'll need when the January enthusiasm fades.

And, obviously, I'm going to do it half-arsed. I haven't even watched the whole thing yet. I'm going to do that over January.

But I have already thought about my big regret for the year. The big thing I didn't do. I didn't have to think about it for that long; I wish I'd tried harder to do more live music. To play music live in front of people. I'm going to try harder in 2026.