Been pushing myself physically over the past weeks (in a good way!) as I've joined a running course and have been getting ski lessons in preparation for going to Austria next week. It's been really great to move up the learning curve multiple times a week, learning proper techniques from good teachers and seeing real progress. Makes the sore legs worth it. Today my biggest project of the past year is coming to fruition, a large research study that's finally being published and sent to the assembly (or parliament? council?) I don't know what the US equivalent is). It's a guess what the politicians will think of it, but I've done my best and I'm proud of what's been done. The process of submitting it to the assembly has also been...informative, a mix of crunchy bureaucracy and vague tribal norms that people disagree on entirely.