End of the year review

January 5, 2026

I’ve started several blog posts recently but have never finished any of them. Most of the time it’s because I don’t feel like I’m adding much interesting perspective or the topic is too niche (such as my musings on how AI is getting us closer to Vannevar Bush’s memex).

In wrapping up 2025 I find myself stuck on the night shift working 5:30 PM to 2:00 AM and this has not been great for me. I’m struggling to adjust my sleep schedule. I’m sleeping too much or not falling asleep right away when I get home.

Either way I’m not as productive with my creative output as I would like. But I’m reminded how in isolation we tend to magnify the size of our problems. And not being as creative as I would like is not too much of a big issue. As in these are all temporary.

My only wish for 2026 for this blog would is never again write about using social media too much. I’ve written about this but I also see many of the people I follow online talk about it. Sure it’s a problem, but it’s not too interesting to talk about.

I’ve also been feeling drained almost every day for the past few weeks. I didn’t used to feel so much fatigue before, but now I do and it leaves me totally unmotivated to do anything else.