Month in Review: September 2025

2025-10-06 • no tags • 614 words

... I have not done month reviews since April.

The half year has absolutely flown by.

It again definitely has not been perfect, but it's been decent. Things are getting better in my life. At present, the major issue has been how busy I am.

My weeknotes for the month have been as follows:

It's been a decent month. It has been quite busy with all of the things I want to do. I'll cluster up events and whatnot that I've been to a little.

Dating events

I have been to two this month. On the 13th, I did Chicken Rush with a friend of mine, which was fairly good (although had an unfortunate end). Then, I did the Haystack event on the 26th, which again was good fun. At neither events did I meet anybody I was interested in, and I am beginning to think this is a more serious (quote-unquote) problem. Hey ho.

Operas

I had two again this month. On the 18th I went to see Tosca, which was very enjoyable! It featured Anna Natrebko who performed stunningly. On the 19th, I saw Sicilian Vespers. This was very long (almost four hours) and I for some reason bought a standing ticket. Still, it was quite enjoyable.

Allotment

This has been a little neglected. I went once, maybe twice.

Eggs

I didn't really count this, but on a good few Sundays I have been going for a walk or cycle to collect eggs from a local farm (about six miles away).

Gymming and swimming

I believe this has been the first full month of my swimming and gymming, as I have picked up the membership again. I need really to go at least eight times per month for the membership to be worth it financially.

Raves

This has been the first month I have ever been to raves, and they are really fun! I went to two: a daytime one on the 21st, and a nighttime one on the 27th.

Soiree

On the 20th there was a musical soiree in the afternoon. It was good fun and I played (very badly) Losing my Religion as well as Norwegian Wood in a duet with my mother.

I did the following days:

  1. Mon 1st: gym
  2. Tue 2nd: swim
  3. Fri 5th: gym
  4. Sat 6th: swim
  5. Sun 7th: swim
  6. Mon 8th: gym
  7. Wed 10th: swim
  8. Fri 12th: gym

So, that is eight times. The issue is quite clear: I didn't go once in the latter half of the month! I was quite busy with nights out, etc.

Total busy days

I went four times to the gym, four times swimming, twice to the opera, twice on dating events, twice to raves, once for music (the soiree), one night out with work. In total, this makes 16 days where I was busy with events. Over half the month!

It's not bad at all, in fairness. I'm quite busy it seems.

Improvements

I need to allow the gym to be more evenly dispersed: even if I only go twice per week, that still gets me to eight total but it should be more evenly spread.

Also, the allotment needs a bit more care for now.

I also need to try to find more time to study, as this has been neglected for a good month now.

Next month (October 2025)

Next month ought include: