December and the year is over. The theme of winter is madness. We're wired to go insane during the cold and dark winter months, but this should be accepted as natural and mostly temporary. Be vigilant against yourself.
We are, at the time of writing, only 22 days away from 2026, and I've been thinking about what I used to think 2026 would look like in the past. For me the future was always a kind of nebulous fog in my mind: "by 2022 I will surely be living somewhere in a far away city", "by 2024 I will surely be halfway towards being an accomplished professional", etc.. I used to measure the future by upcoming video game releases. Now I don't measure it at all.
My biggest goal for 2026 is forfeiting my NEET wizard powers and getting a job, any job. I don't have any great expectations, and I don't expect that I'll have it for long, but I know I need to get one and then it won't be as formidable in my mind... I'm at a point in my life where I need to change or I think that the world will leave me behind forever, a "point of no return". Lifelong NEETdom is only really possible if it's subsidized by wealth. I'll see you all at the communal fire barrel. Merry Christmas.