Accelerating to the end of the year

My last workday was yesterday, so here we are near the end of the year -- with a long slow "dead time" week coming up (love that weird little pocket between Christmas and New Year) and way too many things I'd like to get done during that time. Lots of which is my own year-end looking back. Somehow, others have the jump on me here and are already looking back, or Year Compassing, or otherwise summing up a year that isn't over yet. Somehow it's getting to me. I'm not even doing the Year Compass and already I am aware of defensiveness and exhaustion at the question "how did you leave the world better in the last year?". This, despite the fact that I have real, substantive answers. Things I could potentially be proud of.

Literally while I was writing this, I got three "happy new year's" emails. PEOPLE there are MORE THAN SEVEN DAYS LEFT.

I know I have a lot I want to get done in 2024, particularly at work, after which I think I might finally be done with Zillian. I am playing with the thought of a schedule and it feels more right, this time, though I understand that things change. But there's wrapping up of 2023 to be done, not to mention... you know... resting.