We’re getting to that time of year where everyone starts saying they’re going to lose 20 lbs or quit sugar or read 20 books next year. Those are resolutions, and without specificity they are statistically likely to fail. I’m making 2025 plans… A map of what outcomes I’m aiming for and how I’ll make them happen. I’m going to spend a few hours at a coffee shop tomorrow and put pen to paper. I’m curious to know what everyone is aiming for next year… what plans are you making?

If you’re tempted to join book club, listen to that voice and do it. This book is going to be so good I can tell from the first 20 pages.

Second, for the Vanguards out there, what kind of pace do we want to maintain? Assuming a meeting every 3 weeks or 21 days.

The north wind and the sun were disputing which was the stronger, and agreed to acknowledge as the victor whichever of them could strip a traveler of his clothing. The wind tried first. But its violent gusts only made the man hold his clothes tightly around him, and when it blew harder still the cold made him so uncomfortable that he put on an extra wrap. Eventually the wind got tired of it and handed him over to the sun. The sun shone first with a moderate warmth, which made the man take off his topcoat. Then it blazed fiercely, till, unable to stand the heat, he stripped and went off to bathe in a nearby river. Persuasion is far more effective than force. Fables, Aesop, 6th century B.C.

"Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light".