Happy New Year: The Friday Five (a bit late)

[nanila]

1. What was the best thing that happened to you this year in 2022?
   
   At work: getting promoted. At home: getting my varifocal prescription. I feel we should celebrate the things that make it easier to get older, and the improvement in glasses design for people with complicated prescriptions due to aging is one of them.



2. What are you looking forward to next year in 2023?
   
   I am determined not to spend excessive time on non-promotable tasks [NPTs].



3. Will you be doing anything special to ring in the New Year?
   
   I drank Sauternes with the bloke, and watched the London display on the telly, which was very nice.



4. What would you like to see more of next year in 2023?
   
   Peace, joy, humans being kind to one another, governments that are not hell-bent on vilifying marginalised groups and refugees, a more equal distribution of wealth.



5. What was your best New Year’s Eve ever?
   
   I don’t think I have a “best”, but I do have a “most exciting”, and that was the year the bloke and I went to London to stand on the banks of the Thames and watch the fireworks display in person. I’m glad I did it once but I don’t feel a tremendous need to do it again.