Friday 5 for December 19: Superlatives, part 2

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please copy these questions to your webspace. Answer the questions there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. Please don’t forget to link us from your website!

  1. What brought you the most joy in 2025? If your answer this year is the same as it would have been last year, what brought you the second-most joy in 2025?
  2. What’s the best discovery you made in 2025?
  3. What’s the best feel-good story of 2025?
  4. What was your best small win in 2025? If it’s the same as your answer to #5 last week, what’s next on the list?
  5. What was the kindest thing a stranger did for you in 2025?

Thank you for participating! Have a wonderful weekend — and get ready for music questions next week! 🙂

I’m seeing Tool in concert Friday and Saturday nights. A band I love, whom I’ve seen before. It was a slow year for concerts in this city, so I’m extremely stoked. I may even have to journal about it online. When I do the Friday 5, of coruse.

Friday 5 for December 12: Superlatives part 1

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please copy these questions to your webspace. Answer the questions there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. Please don’t forget to link us from your website!

  1. What’s the best film (new or old) you saw for the first time in 2025?
  2. What’s the best thing you read (not necessarily a book!) in 2025?
  3. What’s the best meal you consumed in 2025?
  4. What was the best day (so far) of 2025?
  5. Which of your 2025 accomplishments are you proudest of?

Thanks for participating, and have a lovely, safe weekend!

PS: I’m saving music questions for the 26th, if you wish to prepare now!

Friday 5 for December 5: Labor

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Boy, Friday really sneaks up on you sometimes, doesn’t it?

Please copy these questions to your webspace. Answer the questions there; then leave a comment below so we’ll all know where to check out your responses. please don’t forget to link us from your website!

  1. At work or school, what tasks do (or did) you find strenuous, while everyone seemed to find them easy?
  2. Do you prefer difficult tasks that don’t take long, or easy tasks that take hours?
  3. What are the ideal conditions for doing your work (defined however you want) best?
  4. What kinds of tasks have you performed under the “other duties as needed” part of the job description?
  5. What other duties as needed are likely to fall to you in your personal life this week?

Thanks for participating, and have a restful, safe weekend!