Tuesday, January 6, 2026

By the numbers: 2025

Random list. No particular order. 

3 – Roundtrip drives, Mass/Midwest

2- Roundtrip flights, Mass/Midwest.

4 – Protests. 

3- States protests were in.

20+ - People I defriended on social media because they continue to support adjudicated rapist/ felon and I can’t even.

5+ -People who defriended me over politics before I defriended them. 

10+ - Times I asked businesses/ vendors what political party they supported before I decided whether they deserved my business.  

3,000,000 (feels like) - Times people in other countries offered condolences to me over present US politics. 

200 (and this is not an exaggeration and might even be on the low side) - Times called elected representatives demanding action be taken against adjudicated rapist/ felon and his enabling staff. 

50 (also not an exaggeration) - Times I was nearly incoherent with rage on phone calls with those reps. 

10 + -Physical therapy visits.

20+ - Long runs on anti-gravity treadmill.

365 -Nights I woke up at least once, stressed about my country’s politics.

10 – Number of pounds I gained stress eating. 

20 – Daily mg dose for high blood pressure

18- Hours spent on longest flight. 

4 – Continents visited. 

9 – Marathons

2- Official half marathons (not including half marathon distance or more training runs).

100 – Total number of marathons to date.

343ish – Days I doomscrolled

6 – Books read. Shameful. 

365 - Days practiced Duolingo for at least 30 min. 

300+ -Days doing NY Times games online for 10+ min.

 2- Months I took off from doing any kind of physical activity after hitting 100th marathon. 

 0-Regrets I have for taking that time off.

1- Times I rewatched every episode of Stranger Things.

1-Times I watched the Stranger Things Finale (and already once in 2026).

30+- “Will Steve die in Stranger Things finale” google searches. 

36 – Blog posts.

36 – Number of blog posts that could use rewriting. 

78.2k – Number of visits to this blog to date. I’m stunned. 

0 – Resolutions made for 2026 that involve running. 

3- Resolutions made for 2026, tentatively.  


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