Fell of the fruit barrow towards the end of 2025 as it was just too difficult to stay focussed in being vegan (as from now Plant Based) with everything that was going on ….. hospitals and garage shops are not great places to find plant based food!
2025 was a year of enforced change and whilst the crap isn’t all finished with, I start the year in a far more stable position …. if not quite a lot fatter and unfitter.
2026 starts with the usual Dry January (my 39th) and quite a list of things to get sorted out:
Quarter One: I need to lose a lot of weight and get a lot fitter. I need to decide if I am going to return to playing cricket, get back down the Driving Range, and focus on the Long Range Shooting (which was a highlight of 2025). I will remain primarily Plant Based but I can’t take the pressure of being 100% as there is still quite a lot of 2025 crap to sort as well as the above list.
Quarter Two: In reality I think the residue from 2025 will take six (6) months to sort out, I will know what I am doing about playing Cricket again, and life should slow down a little. This is important because for me to be 100% Plant Based I need the time and motivation to put (a lot) more effort into cooking and preparing food. There is little I miss when eating Plant Based, but I find it hard to find equivalent foods to the once lifestyle makes it easier to eat.
That’s the theme for 2026 really …. TRY HARDER and in order to do that I need calmer life and to create more time.