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A brand new year and here we are. Let’s take a look at everything that happened in January 2025!
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Highlights
A nice, quiet month at home with the cats. This is our third year in a row of not going anywhere in January (other than day trips) and it was SO good. The best way to start off a productive year.
A month of Dry January. I do a sober month every year and highly recommend it! It’s a good reminder to take a look at how much alcohol can permeate our lives — and remember how to socialize without defaulting to drinking.
Getting back into strength training. One of my goals has been to get back into strength training and actually be consistent with it. I was in the gym six days a week when I lived in New York, but I haven’t been able to keep that level of consistency in Prague.
Honestly, there have been lots of fits and starts in resuming lifting weights over the past few years. This time, I think it’s working because I started slowly and am adding to it bit by bit.
I have a Peloton subscription (just $12.99 per month) and a few sets of weights. First, 10-minute strength workouts three times a week. Now, 15-minute strength workouts four times a week. I know I’ll keep growing from there.
Beyond that? Not a lot happened this January!
Challenges
A scary near-accident on the tram. I was sitting in a seat on the tram and suddenly the driver hit the breaks HARD to avoid hitting a car that pulled out. It was so abrupt, I flew onto my feet and smacked hard into the plastic divider on the side of the doors.
I was fine, but in pain the rest of the day — and thought to myself, “If this happened in America, someone would be suing the city.” That said, we actually get healthcare covered here, and I’m grateful that the driver was able to stop so quickly and avoid an actual accident.
Lots and lots of vet visits. After Murray’s many medical issues of December, this month was all about Lewis. He hurt himself in the eye somehow, and while the first round of meds helped initially, his eye got much worse after we finished them.
Lewis is now on different…
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