We're analysing what I got up to in 2025 and changing my focus to the future. In Episode #494 of 'Musings', Juan & I discuss: tax-optimising mistakes/language detours, fantastic one‑arm handstand progress, an only ok year in review, a new overarching theme of revitalising hunger/focus, quarterly fitness blocks (legs, pull, running, endurance) with side quests like ballet and the Brisbane Marathon 2026, moving house to get out of a malaise, pruning relationships, moderating sugar, reworking financial information diets and embracing courageous conversations. Huge thanks to all the streamers for the support, it means a lot! Stan Link: https://stan.store/meremortals Timeline: (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:20) Setting the theme: annual goals and approach (00:04:58) Money lessons: don’t optimise for tax (00:07:00) Language goals stall and tech’s impact on learning (00:10:41) Partner goal: creating serendipity and effort (00:13:20) Health wins and one‑arm handstand progress (00:17:06) Character work: taming unhelpful thinking (00:20:31) Reflections on the year: neither stellar nor dire (00:24:44) Boostagram lounge and experiments with community (00:30:33) Overarching focus for 2025: rekindling drive (00:34:58) Doing hard things: rejection, social skills, charisma (00:37:36) Redefining the partner goal: bonding over checklists (00:42:22) Relationships: courageous conversations and feedback (00:43:35) Finance 2025: fewer voices, more fundamentals (00:46:01) Health by quarters: legs, pull, running, endurance (00:49:19) Travel and environment: moving house over Asia (00:50:45) Character vices, sex talk, and moderating sugar (00:51:48) Media diet overhaul: filtering inputs and thoughts (00:53:57) Wrapping the 2025 plan and next steps (00:56:40) Listener ruts, timing goals, and building community Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReU Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Boostagram: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast
