five is a funny number edition
A wonderful new year to all of the excellent Flashii users yet again! It's hard to believe, but the decade is now halfway over even though to me it seems like the second digit just rolled over a month or two ago. With the solstice just behind us we have the joy of remembering that every proceeding day is longer than the last, even amidst the prevailing darkness and icy winds, and it is with this same careful optimism after another passing year that we may earnestly reflect on what you! want to see happen in this funny-numbered year of 2025.
Upon initial reflection I was ready to say that I rather disappointed myself this year again, but after looking back at what I was expecting at the beginning of the year from the last thread I'm rather pleased with myself. A majority of my year was occupied with getting ahold of a house in-town for Gabe and his family, and because of how competitive the market was it dominated almost all of my time along with work. As a result, I did not plant a single crop the entire year which is a first since I moved to northern Wisconsin and I must confess that such a thing did very much bother me the entire year; however, our flocks were incredibly stable! (until we had a bear sack our barn in the middle of the summer and destroy half of our sheep and goat herd.) While at a first glance things may appear stagnant or regressing in regards to the farm, in truth trying to manage Gabe's household situation on the property was occupying so much of my money and time that having them live in-town with all the modern conveniences and amenities will free up many more resources that I can now allocate towards continual development of the land towards our broader goals, as well as towards my own advancement in living situation as I now have a reason to care about my own standards in that regard, though I will not elaborate at this time. Gabe and his wife are very close to becoming completely financially stable as well, which is something I've been hoping for them for over a decade now! It's very pleasant to see and fans the flame of my ambitions going forward into the new year knowing I can focus almost entirely on those things I came here to do.
It goes without saying that I did not expand our current tillage considering no crops were planted, but to let the land rest can rejuvenate the soil which is a happy consequence of this busy year; additionally, because of the absurdly long fall that we've had I was able to turn both fields over before winter which will allow us to begin as early as possible this coming spring. Gabe now has a wonderful house and another son on the way, the greatest achievement of this year without a doubt. I began the first step in the process of beautifying the barn, that is to say some red paint, but I have so much more in mind to make it look better! There are several additions I would like to make to it this year however so that'll have to wait. The second hay loft is up and is working wonderfully, but the old broken-down fence in the barnyard is still just as old and broken-down. I'll be bringing the resolution to build the coop forward again this year, as part of my aforementioned plans for expanding the barn. Our greatest success this year was from running the geese and the ducks together, and they did so well that we are now looking at implementing waterfowl as a large part of our business plan going forward as they can essentially eat completely for free half the year off the pond. Our barn cat really stepped up and is keeping a lot of the smaller predators way that would normally destroy our bird flocks, and as such has become an equally integral part of our plans in the regard. There was no money available to stock the pond, however because Gabe had the entire summer off from working because of his wife's prodigious income he did get a wonderful foothold in on the orchard! Having him not working for the summer was so incredibly useful to me this year, and his wife's career is becoming so lucrative that it may very well be that he will only have to work winters and can spend all of his time in the summer working on the land, which is exactly what I was hoping to set up. He's been working his ass off all these years for barely any pay or respect so it's wonderful to see him finally catch a break. Last but certainly not least, I'm obviously still drinking however with the help of a wonderful outsider I've come to realize that a majority of my alcohol abuse stems from subconscious dissonance as a result of my tendency to place others over myself to a pathological extent, and I'm hoping that meditating on that further and slowly changing my priorities will help quell that tendency further.
My goals for 2025 ARE:
• Build a coop specifically for the mixed bird flocks along the back of the barn
• Build birthing/isolation stalls along the side of the barn
• Maximize tillable space on pondfront field, begin using tillable space on corner partition alongside cabin, determine tilling plan for far garden
• Develop a multi-year crop rotation plan and schedule according to established soil profiles
• Establish beginning of electric fencing to create second paddock for rotational grazing, as shown in this diagram (the white border is currently establish grazing space, the red is the planned second paddock)
• Begin work on vineyard
• Expand orchard
• Finalize plans for a new cabin and begin site preparation
• Repair in-town garage roof (there is a hole in it)
last year's thread for your fyi information
do not be shy!! it is very motivating to sit down and think about positive things from the get-go, that way you're more likely to get them done
A wonderful new year to all of the excellent Flashii users yet again! It's hard to believe, but the decade is now halfway over even though to me it seems like the second digit just rolled over a month or two ago. With the solstice just behind us we have the joy of remembering that every proceeding day is longer than the last, even amidst the prevailing darkness and icy winds, and it is with this same careful optimism after another passing year that we may earnestly reflect on what you! want to see happen in this funny-numbered year of 2025.
Upon initial reflection I was ready to say that I rather disappointed myself this year again, but after looking back at what I was expecting at the beginning of the year from the last thread I'm rather pleased with myself. A majority of my year was occupied with getting ahold of a house in-town for Gabe and his family, and because of how competitive the market was it dominated almost all of my time along with work. As a result, I did not plant a single crop the entire year which is a first since I moved to northern Wisconsin and I must confess that such a thing did very much bother me the entire year; however, our flocks were incredibly stable! (until we had a bear sack our barn in the middle of the summer and destroy half of our sheep and goat herd.) While at a first glance things may appear stagnant or regressing in regards to the farm, in truth trying to manage Gabe's household situation on the property was occupying so much of my money and time that having them live in-town with all the modern conveniences and amenities will free up many more resources that I can now allocate towards continual development of the land towards our broader goals, as well as towards my own advancement in living situation as I now have a reason to care about my own standards in that regard, though I will not elaborate at this time. Gabe and his wife are very close to becoming completely financially stable as well, which is something I've been hoping for them for over a decade now! It's very pleasant to see and fans the flame of my ambitions going forward into the new year knowing I can focus almost entirely on those things I came here to do.
It goes without saying that I did not expand our current tillage considering no crops were planted, but to let the land rest can rejuvenate the soil which is a happy consequence of this busy year; additionally, because of the absurdly long fall that we've had I was able to turn both fields over before winter which will allow us to begin as early as possible this coming spring. Gabe now has a wonderful house and another son on the way, the greatest achievement of this year without a doubt. I began the first step in the process of beautifying the barn, that is to say some red paint, but I have so much more in mind to make it look better! There are several additions I would like to make to it this year however so that'll have to wait. The second hay loft is up and is working wonderfully, but the old broken-down fence in the barnyard is still just as old and broken-down. I'll be bringing the resolution to build the coop forward again this year, as part of my aforementioned plans for expanding the barn. Our greatest success this year was from running the geese and the ducks together, and they did so well that we are now looking at implementing waterfowl as a large part of our business plan going forward as they can essentially eat completely for free half the year off the pond. Our barn cat really stepped up and is keeping a lot of the smaller predators way that would normally destroy our bird flocks, and as such has become an equally integral part of our plans in the regard. There was no money available to stock the pond, however because Gabe had the entire summer off from working because of his wife's prodigious income he did get a wonderful foothold in on the orchard! Having him not working for the summer was so incredibly useful to me this year, and his wife's career is becoming so lucrative that it may very well be that he will only have to work winters and can spend all of his time in the summer working on the land, which is exactly what I was hoping to set up. He's been working his ass off all these years for barely any pay or respect so it's wonderful to see him finally catch a break. Last but certainly not least, I'm obviously still drinking however with the help of a wonderful outsider I've come to realize that a majority of my alcohol abuse stems from subconscious dissonance as a result of my tendency to place others over myself to a pathological extent, and I'm hoping that meditating on that further and slowly changing my priorities will help quell that tendency further.
My goals for 2025 ARE:
• Build a coop specifically for the mixed bird flocks along the back of the barn
• Build birthing/isolation stalls along the side of the barn
• Maximize tillable space on pondfront field, begin using tillable space on corner partition alongside cabin, determine tilling plan for far garden
• Develop a multi-year crop rotation plan and schedule according to established soil profiles
• Establish beginning of electric fencing to create second paddock for rotational grazing, as shown in this diagram (the white border is currently establish grazing space, the red is the planned second paddock)
• Begin work on vineyard
• Expand orchard
• Finalize plans for a new cabin and begin site preparation
• Repair in-town garage roof (there is a hole in it)
last year's thread for your fyi information
do not be shy!! it is very motivating to sit down and think about positive things from the get-go, that way you're more likely to get them done
I feel like I did pretty good in 2024 because I accomplished most of the goals I had set out to do. I finally moved in with wife, and the area we're in has a lot of our necessities right next to us so we've been walking a lot. My drinking has slowed considerably but we'll sometimes have a couple drinks together, but its not depression drinking anymore which is good. All that said, I now face a lot of personal challenges I didn't see coming, mostly related to getting used to my new life, so my main resolution of 2025 is overcoming a lot of those new hurdles.
Basically my full list:
-get all my legal documents and shit updated (just getting started on this task has been daunting)
-start using the gym we have on the property
-finish the unpacking actually
-keep up the walks and stuff i already got going
-2880x1864 (15" macbook air go brrrrr)
Basically my full list:
-get all my legal documents and shit updated (just getting started on this task has been daunting)
-start using the gym we have on the property
-finish the unpacking actually
-keep up the walks and stuff i already got going
-2880x1864 (15" macbook air go brrrrr)
Dying of boredom, I'll try it all...
im sorry i dont have a decent response for this but the bar is on the floor at this point so my resolution is essentially not to let the year pass by. i need passion for my hobbies back in my life, i genuinely want to explode with how locked i feel inside my own brain. 2025 will be the year of the nook.zone
last year: just need to finish rewrite replay so i can get to harvest festa, fuck it thats my resolution
well,
honestly this year has been good on me. no huge nonsense like years prior, and ive been having good pace with things. maybe im still not to where id like but i dont think i should think too much of it. i just want to move forward in the same direction. one thing i do want to do is to draw more again, ive been slumping this year which is a shame, i do enjoy doing it
well,
honestly this year has been good on me. no huge nonsense like years prior, and ive been having good pace with things. maybe im still not to where id like but i dont think i should think too much of it. i just want to move forward in the same direction. one thing i do want to do is to draw more again, ive been slumping this year which is a shame, i do enjoy doing it
I didn't make a post last year and that was because there was honestly not a single positive thought on my mind at that point, unironically the fact I made it to 2025 is a miracle in and of itself because I had genuinely made plans to die before I turned 25, but luckily things turned around in time and now here we still are! So instead I'll just reflect on the stuff I set for 2023!
"I didn't ... other time." // I did end up doing a bunch of big stuff and there's more to come, even on the forum! So that went over well. I finally ended up getting the Index library in a place where its properly usable and now all my PHP websites run on it smoothly which is a big time saver. There's still more to come but still, progress is progress!
"Unfortunately I ... as well." // I passed everything for year 1 !!! unfortunately the same cannot be said for year 2... we'll get there anyway I suppose but all that pretty much collapsed for the same reason I expected to explode last year. luckily I didn't end up having to and uhhh yeah now I have to make up for it lmao
"Did lose ... works, however." // I Lost A Significant amount of weight since May and I'm not stopping, around the same time I found motivation for life again I somehow also found motivation to action consistently lose weight... 15kg gone already ! can you believe it ! actually noticing physical changes too ! and i didn't even really do anything drastic...
Anyhow, moving on to the resolutions for 2025;
- I'm going to start keeping a diary where I write down stuff about my day every day. Both to just log my thoughts and put them into perpspective maybe and also to just try and improve my handwriting.
- I'm hoping to make very big steps towards life improvements and become a better person in the process.
- Continue the big overhauls, the site has been way too stagnant since 2018 and a refresh is overdue.
- Figure out a more consistent stream schedule.
- 3024x1964, it is time for the macboob.
This year will be a great year, thank you all for being here and I hope to enjoy life with you someday :)
"I didn't ... other time." // I did end up doing a bunch of big stuff and there's more to come, even on the forum! So that went over well. I finally ended up getting the Index library in a place where its properly usable and now all my PHP websites run on it smoothly which is a big time saver. There's still more to come but still, progress is progress!
"Unfortunately I ... as well." // I passed everything for year 1 !!! unfortunately the same cannot be said for year 2... we'll get there anyway I suppose but all that pretty much collapsed for the same reason I expected to explode last year. luckily I didn't end up having to and uhhh yeah now I have to make up for it lmao
"Did lose ... works, however." // I Lost A Significant amount of weight since May and I'm not stopping, around the same time I found motivation for life again I somehow also found motivation to action consistently lose weight... 15kg gone already ! can you believe it ! actually noticing physical changes too ! and i didn't even really do anything drastic...
Anyhow, moving on to the resolutions for 2025;
- I'm going to start keeping a diary where I write down stuff about my day every day. Both to just log my thoughts and put them into perpspective maybe and also to just try and improve my handwriting.
- I'm hoping to make very big steps towards life improvements and become a better person in the process.
- Continue the big overhauls, the site has been way too stagnant since 2018 and a refresh is overdue.
- Figure out a more consistent stream schedule.
- 3024x1964, it is time for the macboob.
This year will be a great year, thank you all for being here and I hope to enjoy life with you someday :)
i used to have a long list of resolutions. but now i'd like to keep it simple, live better and happier than the last.
My proper post WILL come probably somewhere in 2 weeks.
What i want to say for now, thank you for still being here flash. We really really appreciate you and wish the best for you, probably more than you realise. Im really glad you are working on getting everything back on track, as for uni stuff Please do not hesitate to ask for help with anything. I will have time and if not i WILL make time. Be it proofreading, help think of subjects, search for sources or just think of a plan on how to advance. Just hit me up for anything
What i want to say for now, thank you for still being here flash. We really really appreciate you and wish the best for you, probably more than you realise. Im really glad you are working on getting everything back on track, as for uni stuff Please do not hesitate to ask for help with anything. I will have time and if not i WILL make time. Be it proofreading, help think of subjects, search for sources or just think of a plan on how to advance. Just hit me up for anything
hosimati suisei please
Thank you so much Arysil, it means a lot :) I really appreciate you and everyone else as well, its sometimes a bit hard to realise that that goes two ways because of the self image issues :3 If something does come up I definitely will if I end up getting into the seminar!! I don't really have much to offer in return but if there's something that does come up where I could be of help to you don't hesitate either ^^
This year I would like to lock in on my hobbies and see more things to completion. I also want to dabble in making youtube videos just documenting interesting things I do. I often underestimate myself or have low confidence, but I'm pretty sure there is no logical reason for it. So fuck it, we ball and we share cool shit with the world.
2024 was the biggest year of my life in terms of changes, and 2025 will be the year of actionning upon those changes. New home in a new country with a new job which I am very passionate about. Not to mention some other obvious things. It was just a few years ago that I was homeless and thinking about "rerolling" everything. There are ups and downs still, but for the first time in my life I have no real complains and I finally feel free to do the things I want (and I have the money for it, too).
Maybe this year I go to Japan? :)
Are any of these things I just said even resolutions? Idk
Also last year I wanted to lose weight. I lost about 4kg in total only since April, which is pretty disappointing. But with everything else that happened last year it's understandable that I might not have been truly locked in on weight loss. This year, I'm not sure that I want to push even further with weight loss at the potential expense of other aspects of my life, when in reality I am only slightly overweight and I don't even personally have a massive issue with my body image weight-wise anymore. I am plenty active enough, and eat a balanced diet. It'll come. Maybe I'm coping though.
A big one for 2025 is that I want more IRL friends lol. Idk how I can get that ball moving. I already feel like I am being somewhat overbearing with my coworkers.
I'm rambling but I appreciate you all. You are my homies.
2024 was the biggest year of my life in terms of changes, and 2025 will be the year of actionning upon those changes. New home in a new country with a new job which I am very passionate about. Not to mention some other obvious things. It was just a few years ago that I was homeless and thinking about "rerolling" everything. There are ups and downs still, but for the first time in my life I have no real complains and I finally feel free to do the things I want (and I have the money for it, too).
Maybe this year I go to Japan? :)
Are any of these things I just said even resolutions? Idk
Also last year I wanted to lose weight. I lost about 4kg in total only since April, which is pretty disappointing. But with everything else that happened last year it's understandable that I might not have been truly locked in on weight loss. This year, I'm not sure that I want to push even further with weight loss at the potential expense of other aspects of my life, when in reality I am only slightly overweight and I don't even personally have a massive issue with my body image weight-wise anymore. I am plenty active enough, and eat a balanced diet. It'll come. Maybe I'm coping though.
A big one for 2025 is that I want more IRL friends lol. Idk how I can get that ball moving. I already feel like I am being somewhat overbearing with my coworkers.
I'm rambling but I appreciate you all. You are my homies.