books I read in 2025 or something

 I started rereading moneyland -- basically a book about how terrible people can be and how they can extract out wealth from everyone and don't give a darn. I haven't finished it (second read), it is a very ....eye opening... book if you haven't read it.

I started reading the anxious generation. (First read), and while I agree with much of what is being said, I think the trouble I have is the scale of the problem, this is a problem of pandemic proportions, with little to no clear path straightforward, aside from outright bans of the devices.

 

I started reading the pathless path, I got one chapter in, and so far....I'm not too excited about it, I was kinda hoping it would help define how I've gone through my career, and it's (so far) more about an entire existence without a path. I am not entirely surprised, and do plan to finish it just to see where it goes. But I kinda hoped it would help someone who just kinda follows what is interesting and less about quit your job, etc, find what matters. I like what I do, but do I have a plan....nope, am I "following" the standard career progression, perhaps by accident, but I'm definitely not aiming to move up. Anywho just some things I think about.

 

I read the Sherlock Holmes stories volume 1, and it was great. 

 

I'm sure I read other stuff, but those are my most recent stuff! 

the Internet isn't what it used to be

 It's Christmas, this is one of those....get off my lawn, back in the good old days kinda short post.

 

The Internet isn't what it used to be ..... Or maybe I/we have changed enough that what it once was, isn't enough anymore.

When I was young, I remember spending tons of time on the internet, but if I'm being honest I have no idea what it was that was so appealing. Now I'm an adult and I sped tons of time on the Internet, and yet I still don't see the appeal. I think a big part is the problem of habitual use.

I habitually check two things...that's it....hacker news, and YouTube. Neither have (really) interested me in quite a while but I keep going back to them, because I think I've gotten bored of the internet. 

 

Gotta run and do the dishes, but maybe I'll post more thoughts as I think then in this post.

 

Merry Christmas! 

Retirement savings

 A few posts back I talked about setting goals. Cool, always a good idea. But what really got me going? A really obvious comment someone made. Exercising, eating healthier, etc. those are deposits in your retirement account. 

When you go to the gym and take a step, that's a dollar in your savings account. 

 I've seen people become less mobile, as they aged, and it bothers me, I want to stay mobile, so that's my goal, sure I have short term goals, but long term, I want to be unable to enjoy my old age. 

Sure random crap happens, I could get hit by a bus (crosses fingers not to), but ignoring random stuff, I am going to be working harder and harder at doing better at life.

 

We are coming up on the new year, and so let's talk goals.

I am planning on 52 weeks of the gym. 

As I'm writing this I decided, I wanna run a 5k, I think I could do it. I don't care about time, but I wanna just complete it without stopping.

I watched a video on Japanese running, basically run slow enough you can still smile. Sure someday I'll aim for faster,but for now, just completing is the goal. My "longest" run so far was a bit over 30 minutes using that method.

Next I wanna see my blood work come back as good or better than this most recent one. 

I haven't gotten my recent one *yet* but my Dr called and said it was the best one of mine she has seen. I haven't been with her that long, I think 3 or 4 years, so basically I wanna continue a good trend.

Finally weight, I've lost *some* weight, over the last year, now depending on my gym routine I don't really wanna lose muscle either, so I'll be looking at the scale a bit, but I also need to get better at measuring, so maybe I can make a goal of taking measurements on the 1st of the month. That way I'm not overdoing it. So I should see 12 measurements over the next year.

 

That's health, I need to give thought to other goals of mine but this is fine for now.