If you had to give 2025 a score, what would it be?

A new poll asked two thousand Americans that question. The average was 5.3 out of 10.

Not terrible. Not great. Just meh.

That’s according to Talker Research.

A quarter of us said it was a bad year. About a fifth of us said it was good. But most people landed in the middle. They shrugged.

This is one of the few things that we’re not a nation of extremes about. We’re a nation of “it was fine, I guess.”

I wonder if that’s where we live now. Not broken, not thriving, just getting through it all.

What do you think? Tell me your two cents. How would you rate 2025?

The best conversations are two-way streets. I want to hear from you.

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