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It's that time of year where many are taking a backward glance over the concluding year.
Here are the ten posts written in 2025 that received the most views this year:
2. Tom Lake: Book Review. Link
3. Cognitive Overload. Link
4. Word of the Year: Meek. Link5. Happy 13th Blogoversary. Link
6. Dementia: Personal Experience. Link
7. Interest in My Scandinavian Kin. Link
8. When Cranes Fly South: Book Review. Link
9. Hiking Bryce Canyon at 8,000 Ft. above Sea Level. Link
10. Fighting Fatigue with Healthy Lifestyle Choices. Link
Over the last year, I have been focused on building community in the small town (population just under 6,000) where I moved about two years prior.
I have two part-time jobs while running three book clubs. I also exercise at a few different venues and volunteer at a few places. I am still have trouble with focus and memory from being a little overbooked. Being busy while aging led to a challenge with fatigue once fall semester started. I had to reflect on how to increase my stamina.
Because I tend to talk too much about my accomplishments, I chose "Meek" as my word of the year in an attempt to keep a lower profile. Oh, that was a complete failure. Now I have a very strong understanding of my chief weakness.
Despite stepping away from teaching gerontology classes or volunteering with older adults as I did in Indiana and Kansas, I still think about issues related to aging from midlife through late life and post about them here from time to time. Next week I will celebrate my 14th blogoversary, and I want to maintain this project even if I am not as prolific here as I was initially.
I read over 100 books this year, and five featured characters who were in midlife or late life. Only two landed in the Top 10, but that is probably because I read most of those books in the second half of the year, giving them less time to receive views. If you are interested, here are the links to the other three books about aging:
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks Link
Remember by Lisa Genova Link
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler Link
Follow me on Goodreads if you want to see what else I am reading. Link
Related:
2024 Top Ten Posts
2023 Top Ten Posts
