{"id":72,"date":"2026-01-04T11:34:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/?p=72"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:28:29","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ryan-does-stuff.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/04\/happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To stay that I am happy to have 2025 over and done with is an understatement. If it wasn\u2019t for a handful of amazing friends, 2025 could have been way worse!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2025 came at me head on. Some people may or may not know what has happened in my life. 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