As another year ends, a lot of people will look back on their achievements and celebrate. They will come up with lofty, ambitious goals and resolutions for the new year. And most of these goals are abandoned very quickly as we all get stuck back in the same old routine or get weighed down by the constant updates being pushed our way about the terrible things that are happening around the world.

I have developed a habit over the years of spending my spare time coming up with analogies for things, to try and explain them more simply. For funsies, because I’m super cool and not a massive nerd. At my last job it was useful to help translate more technical aspects to people who aren’t very tech savvy, but often I work out analogies to help explain or process emotions and thoughts I have. A lot of the time they end up being convoluted or unoriginal so I don’t share them with anyone, but I still enjoy using that part of my brain in this way.