Daily Gratitude:

Today is the first day of the new year and I want to express my genuine joy that I enter another year healthy and happy. My health is not perfect yet but I am improving on a monthly basis and starting to feel more and more normal every now and then. Today, although I was slacking until the very evening, still got myself up and got all 8000 steps in and a full lifting session. I am glad to be doing my workouts from home. That makes it significantly easier to stick to it and adjust it to my schedule. I am looking forward to this year.

Diary Entry:

The first day of the year was a rather boring day. As mentioned, other than working out, not much happened. I played a handful of matches of League of Legends, which is admittedly not in my best interest. I recently got back to the game to connect with a friend but I should not let myself go and make sure to not give in to some lazy desires. It is not so much fun for me to play from my current location regardless because my setup is slightly bad, which makes me unable to perform to my standards. I went for a nice walk with Veronika. We had a good conversation and even saw some fawns across the fields alongside our village. My workout was decent and I feel a little sore in my upper body. I am extremely excited to see how far I can go this year.

In a few days I will release a blog post discussing my goals for the next few years, inspired by a book I am reading. We will talk in-depth about it in that post but I am aiming to reveal my packs for the first time in my life and will soon start preparing to get fit again. I would like to run a marathon in 3 years. Realistically, I should be able to do it in less than 1 year. When I was training to jog and run before, I achieved a 2-hour half-marathon in approximately 3 months. This time I will go a little less serious but still follow a structured program to get moving. Let’s see where path will lead us.

2026 will like be the year in which I will actually be debt-free. I wish I could’ve achieved that in 2025 as planned. But something things do not go your way. I was not serious enough, I was not focused enough. I will have to reflect upon this topic because it is a pattern I often recognize in myself. Perhaps I am simply too lazy to stick to my goals. Either way, I will find a solution for it this year. Improve my progress and discipline further and achieve a little more every year.

This journal post was probably a little longer than the average upcoming journal posts. This is the first post in a series. I am setting up a log of my insights and emotions mostly to reflect and learn from them. To see what I could do better. Also, I would like to practice gratitude and positivity. Appreciating what you have by writing down a few notes is a great way to do that. Thanks to my wife, who loves to journal and sticks to it daily. She convinced me to overcome myself and practice some positivity! Let’s make 2026 great.