Fourth year in a row looking back and doing some reflection on the year. After 2022, 2023, 2024, here comes the 2025 in review.
As usual ... the overeview categories:
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Health & Activity
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Love & Relationships
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Business
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Fun & Play
Health & Activity
Was not a great year for sports to be honest.
First half of year was good, reach peak in august, but then got some business turbulences and all went downhill.
Also had couple of nasty colds that stuck me to bed for couple of weeks so November and December was particularly rubbish.
Started great, was running a lot till October, then got a cold and just didn't get back to it till late november.
I did still ran more than in 23, so at least that is good, but still health and sports is something I do have to work more in 25.
I did 78 active days and run 480 kilometers which is 21% less than in 24.
I walked around Ljubljana in February, but did not manage to walk across Slovenia this year.
Love & Relationshiops
There are two sides to this medal.
On first there are Dora, Ina and Gin, my family. And I think we had a good year.
We traveled to Malaysia and Thailand in January, and to Santa Clause Village in Finland with a short detour to Sweden in December.
We also renovated our mini vacation place in Fažana, and all in all spet a lot of time together.
I still quite regularly have total disconnection from work and social media from 4 to 7pm everyday to have family time and dinner together.
We also try to play board games or build Lego at least once a week. We built seven Lego sets and played five different board games this year.
But the second side of the medal are friends.
We spend less and less time together each year.
But we still – for over 10 years now – throw a Christmas dinner.
And we managed to organise a summer weekend getaway this year.
I also visited Inmusic festival and it was a bit meeh, but I did have fun and run into some old friends and acquaintances.
Business
It was intense year.
But also a very rewarding one.
I built a completely new company.
Me and my friend Marko decided its in our and companies best interest to split, and each focus on our own interests and expertise.
And since i was already thinking about rebranding Escapebox, i decided to launch a new brand - brainylab, and we're a gamification AI studio based in beautiful city Ljubljana.
New brand, new office, updated products & sales funnel, changes in team structure, ... a lot was done, a shit load of work still ahead.
But it was fun year.
Focus is on riding this wave of enthusiasm, building connections and improving our processes.
Fun & play
I traveled a bit with my family.
I renovated part of the house that was a storage room for years and was in desperate need of a new roof, flooring and wall improvements.
What seemed like a weekend project turned into a month of heavy work but now its donw and I have new home office and Ina and I have new workout room.
I am proud on that if I'm honest.
It also was a fun little bonding project with my daughter.
How it started ...
How it ended
Wife's family owns a small shed in the sea side.
It was built by my wife's father and grandfather, but it has been untouched for almost 40 years, and in desperate need for a little update and refreshment.
So that's what we did, and it also turned out great.
Also this year me and Dora organised a FWR - Friends Weekend Retreat.
I've read less books and listened to fewer new albums than in 2023, but still managed to read 11 books and listened to 11 new albums as well.
By far the favorite book of the year was a travel novel from Appalachian Trail by Slovenian writer Jakob J. Kenda.
Best album I've listened to in 24 was Fontaines D.C. album Romance.
Thats it for this years recap ... and its january 1st of 2025.
So have a great new year!
