My 2025

It's the last day of the year and I thought I would make a note of what my year was like in 2025. Well, a snippet of it as I can't write down everything. At this point I'm not sure who I am making the note for exactly. Myself? Or you, who is reading this post? Anyway, it'll be here on the blockchain, so I can read it next year, to see how I've done compared to the previous year.

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Last year I was thinking of journaling each month as the year progresses, but if you think a bit deeper, it's not such a good idea. I mean it's good to write things down, so you have a draft to work with at the end of the year, but it can also influence you, in sense of doing things just to have something to post about and I don't want that. When you do things just to show off, or to look good in the eyes of others (so you think, or hope), that means you're walking the wrong path and I don't want that. Anyway, let's see what I've been up to this year.

Neighbors

This is not a topic I talk about at all and not many know, but I have been struggling a lot in the past 3 or 4 years, due to the neighbors. The apartment beneath me has been rented out to some medical students and unfortunately, it turns out they were raised outside civilization and don't know how to behave in a shared building. Slamming doors, using the washing machine around midnight, peeing like you hear the Niagara waterfall are just a few things that have been making my life a living hell. I've tried to talk to them and to the flat owner as well, but my complaints have fallen on deaf ears. No one cares.

This year I think the guy who stayed (one left) learnt some manners and he at least is not using the washing machine so late, doors are handled with a bit more care, but he still can't pee in a civilized manner. It's not my fault walls are not as thick as these noise created by this a**hole would require to be, and even so, walls are way more massive than in flats in the other parts of the city.

This is the smallest problem though as my next door neighbor is a much heavier case and we have needed the help of the police to get things sorted to some extent. We've been struggling for 3 or 4 years, to make him understand that storing garbage in the apartment is not what anyone should do. You would be shocked to know what we've been through and what has been done to finally get rid of the horrible dead body smell that has been making our life a living hell. Lucky us, the case has been handled by an exceptional person, who actually cares. This is far from over, but at least we can open the windows and get some fresh air, without being suffocated by the horrible smell. Unfortunately the law is protecting him, not us.

Living conditions

Some things happen in life you never think of, or expect, so you just have to deal with them.

That's how in April I think, I discovered that I had ants in my kitchen cabinet, which is shocking to say the least as I live on the 4th floor. It took me a week to get rid of them and was lucky as I know people who had to break down all the kitchen tiles as the ants made entire tunnels beneath the tiles and they could not reach them with anything. Nightmare? That's an understatement, so I can consider myself lucky for discovering them early and getting the problem solved in one week.

Then right before Easter, a water pipe burst in the bathroom and again, lucky me, I was able to be there in less than a minute and stop flooding the whole building from top to bottom. Thinking back, I don't even know if I can understand how lucky I was, to be home and stop a huge catastrophe without any damage at all.

Another big thing that I've been planning to do for years is getting air conditioning in all the rooms as summers are getting terribly hot here and instead of a week or two of temperatures between 35C and 40C, we're getting 2 months now, or more. During this period all you can do is try to survive, which can't be considered living and I'm done! I am done! I want to enjoy life, I want to be able to sleep at night, I want to be productive and continue living a normal life, so now I can. It's a good investment, no matter how you look at it and much needed these days.

On a professional level

This is the toughest to measure, but I made good progress this year. It's the first full year working with a trading partner and I can assure you, it's true what they say about this matter. Working alone is cool to some extent, but having a second opinion, someone to debate about the markets on a daily bases can help you a lot. With more discipline and good time management, I can have all the knowledge and experience turned into more profit next year.

Health

This is a topic that has been in my year end or year planning posts and unfortunately, or better yet, shame on me, I've never took it seriously enough to change anything. Till this fall.

Finally I had enough and get to a point mentally (yes, that's where everything is decided), where I said enough is enough and started my diet and lifestyle change on the 9th of November, 2025. Today I can proudly say I've achieved 35% of my goal and instead of starting the year with empty words (New Year resolutions, which I hate so much and never have one) and false promises you break right away, I'm continuing what I've started and enjoying the health benefits of my achievement. Trust me, feeling way better can be really motivating to continue what you've started.

Lifestyle

This year I started selling what I don't use or need anymore. This has been a task I've been postponing for years as somehow it has never been the right time to do it. Big mistake honestly as at some point it starts to affect your living conditions and restricts your living space too, which can have a negative effect on your mood.

I'm good at this, always have been, so this year I made the most of it, sold a bunch of things I don't need anymore and I'm planning to keep things in check in the future, by not letting things I don't need piling up. We live in a digital era, where markets have moved online, we have tools and places to facilitate supply and demand meet, you can sell everything from the comfort of your home, so why wouldn't you do it then?

This maybe seems like a small thing, but if you think deeper, you can see how many things we're just pushing aside every single day, instead of dealing with them in time. Getting rid of so much stuff I don't need and getting more storage space made me handle things in other areas more efficiently and this is just the beginning.

Soon we're going to write 2026, there are only a couple of hours left, not even a full day. I see I already wrote a short novel here, instead of a post and I could not even cover everything, so I'm going to stop here.

I'd like to say thank you for being with me here on Hive in 2025, wish you a Happy New Year and all the best in the New Year. Let's make 2026 the best! See you next year :)

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