After a break for Christmas, I'm joining in with Joyce and the gang for the Wednesday Hodgepodge at From This Side of the Pond. Here we go ...
1. Oxford's Word of the year for 2024 is 'brain rot'. Are you familiar with this term? Do you suffer from the condition? Ha! This is a term used to 'capture concerns about the impact of consuming excessive amounts of low-quality online content, especially on social media'. If you were choosing a word to capture 2024 (for the nation/world, not your own life personally) what word would you choose?
I am not familiar with this term, but I would agree that the condition it describes seems endemic in our culture today. I don't suffer from it myself as I tend to avoid low-quality content of any sort. But I believe that were my hubby computer literate, he would be suffering from it. He used to be that way about television -- at a store, at someone's home, wherever -- if it was on, he had to look at it no matter how useless it was. He has the tendency to be the same with any screen.
A word to capture 2024 for the nation/world? That's a tough assignment. Maybe conflict? Uncertainty? Trepidation? Surprising?
2. It's National Polar Bear Plunge Day (January 1)...will you be participating in one of these events (or even your own)? How will you spend the first day of this brand new year? Do you have a traditional New Year's Day menu?
No plans for any such event. I hate cold water and thank God every day for the blessings of heat and hot water.
I'll probably spend the first day of January doing some planning and goal setting, plus starting a new Bible reading program and other new year stuff.
We don't have a traditional New Year's Day menu.
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| This rushing, icy waterfall is part of a favorite shopping center. They usually put a lighted tree partway down. I love that! |
3. What's something that brings you joy and how will you do more of it in this new year?
Crafting. How will I do more of it in the new year? I really have no idea, sadly. It seems something else will have to go.
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| A project I hope to start soon. |
4. Do you struggle with the January blues? What's one thing you can/will do to keep them at bay?
No, I don't struggle with January blues. I tend to look at a new year with a lot of optimism and I always love the idea of fresh starts.
5. Will you choose your own personal word of the year for 2025? What about a goal, resolution, or maybe even a bucket list? Elaborate as much or as little as you like.
I don't always choose a word, but I have in fact already chosen one for this year. I will hopefully be blogging about it soon. I don't make resolutions, but I do set some goals. I haven't spelled out yet what those will look like for this year, though I have set some goals for January and posted them yesterday.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Sewing bigger projects (and we are talking a lap size quilt here) seems to be more of a challenge as I age. No plans whatsoever to make any more of these pillow quilts once these two are done.
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| Previous pillow quilt |
And there is the very first Hodgepodge of a new year!
