Physical discomfort.
Twenty years ago or so I messed up my shoulder. I slipped walking down a flight of stairs in a punk house in Milwaukee holding an amp head. The tour had just started and by the end of it I had a hard time lifting up my arm. Acupuncture helped immensely and I have been going on and off since that injury.
I also have some arthritis in my hip and right foot. My neck hurts in the morning if I sleep wrong and frankly I could probably use a new pillow. Overall physical discomfort is how I feel about 2025.
There were some bright spots juxtaposed amongst the black holes and that gawd-damn dumpster fire that burns like the Olympic flame. Twenty years of marriage, kid starting high school, hanging with friends and family- bright spots.
I bought the kid a stuffed Rudolph (the red nosed reindeer) about 11 years ago and the selling point was that if you squeezed it it would play the song. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
A few years ago the songs stopped, or so we thought and it was just a holiday stuffy. When we were decorating for X-mas I squeezed ol' Rudolph and a very faint sound came out of him. Me and the kid recorded it and I added a video to it. I feel like it is a good addition to the soundtrack saying goodbye to 2025.
Stay safe. You are not alone.
