I keep checking the date and referencing Christmas. This day a month ago, it was still 10 days away.

Christmas is now firmly in the rearview mirror and feels like much more than three weeks ago.

The rush, the panic, the checklists. For reasons unknown to me, this year felt particularly manic.

Then it was all over and no sooner had we downed tools at the Christmas dinner, the January marketing was flooding my timeline.

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The messaging, as always, reminding us how flawed we are, that we need to change things up and make 2026 the best year yet.

As 2025 ended for me, it did so with the sudden loss of a family member, and that feeling of watching family grieve at this time of year made........

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