Whew ... somehow the years seem to pick up more and more speed while flashing by. I went through some surprises in 2024. We travelled a lot over the summer months but then somehow I was stuck in hospital in October. A lot of things changed for me. Unfortunately I will not be able to run anymore (which actually was both my most favourite and most disciplined pastime). As a consequence I gained a lot of weight since my final run on August, 23rd. I made it to 511,72 km in total for 2024.
So I am switching sports. I went for a decently priced fully but due to another surprise I was not yet really able to enjoy the mud (except for once warming up on the local Ho-Chi-Minh trail here in Lohmar). I will change that in the next months. And maybe I will even go back to Strava again.
What I take with me from 2024
I carefully observe the political situation in Germany. I was okay with our Government. I was happy to see that long ignored changes took place and new directions and opportunities came into sight - even if it affected me negatively (with regulations and/or taxes or something else). I travel with the Deutsche Bahn a lot and went through the summer time where almost every bigger trail in Germany was under construction. But the last months of the year showed a very positive trend of connections on time and faster travel routes (well, of course there was the one or the other incident which ridiculed the good experiences).
Unfortunately now, the political future for Germany is unclear - and I fear the worst. This is why I want to become more active and maybe even engage more into politics.
I spent a lot of time on Tiktok and Insta in 2024. So much, that I stopped it for now. The apps are gone and I picked an easy goal content-wise: I want to spend more time creating and publishing than consuming. Easy, isn't it? Let's see whether that works out. I picked up photography again and since it is easy to learn from stunning professionals with YouTube, I will focus on taking a lot of pictures in 2025.
I had surgery in October and since then I am not able to sing anymore. This is a bummer and I am going to explore whether I can get my voice back in the next months (another goal for 2025).
Coming up in 2025
So here are some rough goals for 2025. I am going to blog more. Much more. I am going to enhance this website with a photoblog and regularly post some pictures.
I am going to continue the production of our podcast Professional Curiosity and our stream at OverCoachTV. I will continue to talk about board games on our Bretterwelten YouTube-channel. I will engage in a political activity that makes sense, I am going to help people get their own website rather than staying in closed social portals. I am going to find replacements for my running and I am going to get my voice back.