Christmas is done, the new year is nearly here, 2025 is nearly finished.
If I’m being honest – I will not miss 2025. I had to move out of my apartment in Olympic Park in July, a place that had been my home for thirteen years.
One of my earthmoving machines blew two hydraulic hoses and had a fuel supply problem – all of which I had to fix myself.
I spent three days in hospital fighting off an infection in my arm just before Christmas.
And plenty of more minor things across the year.
I do have to say though – 2025 has had some wonderful moments too, like laying on a beach in Sweden on a dark, cold night watching an amazing display of the northern lights dance over a perfectly still lake.
Visiting the Eiffel Tower, or listening to Irish folk tales in the basement of a pub in Dublin.
Or catching a wave on a surfboard and riding it all the way to the beach for the first time.
Sitting in a steaming outdoor bath while looking out over the Snowy Mountains on a cold day.
Or the reward of building a solar powered pump system to replace an old and broken petrol water pump to supply water to the garden here on the farm.
Or any one of a dozen great meals that I’ve been lucky enough to share with friends and clients.
It can be hard to keep life in perspective. The bad parts weigh us down. While the good parts seem to fade so much quicker.
But this I will say – sex work and most importantly the generosity of my clients have and continue to make the good times great and the hard times possible to bear.
Thank you. To you all who have been part of my journey in 2025.
I hope that you have had a joyful Christmas and that you have a fun New Year’s Eve!
John
