New Year's resolutions

As if January isn’t a depressing enough month, every year we feel the need to self-flagellate with a host of (unlikely to stick) New Year’s resolutions. I can honestly say that for the last decade or so, I have made the EXACT same resolutions every year and NONE of them have ever happened. I blame […]

5 years ago

I love that clean slate feel of coming to the end of the school year – knowing that summer has finally arrived, summer holidays are around the corner and everything just feels sunnier, lighter, better. Summer feels like the perfect chance to reset a little – a chance to dust off all the things we […]

5 years ago

Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? Some people feel like a lot of pressure is put on them when entering the New Year. While you might have a few things in mind that you want to change or habits you want to break, January 1 is the day to do it, right? Well, yes […]

7 years ago

“Breaking years-long habits is not easy work, which is maybe why we leap upon the quick-fix solutions offered by something like a detox tea” Christmas Day wasn’t even over when I saw the first of the ‘inspirational’ New Year adverts for weight loss clinics and “Detox Jan” articles promoting the idea that with just a […]

7 years ago

We may have something similar. Okay so we know that royal family members live different lives to us. They sleep in castles and wear designer clothes, but at the end of the day, they’re humans. Humans who make the same sort of promises as everyone else at the start of a new year. And apparently, […]

7 years ago

I have an ambivalent relationship with new year’s resolutions. On one hand, I do love the start of a new year, and the sense of determination and hope it brings. This will be the year I will keep on top of clutter and chaos and make it to a yoga class at least once a […]

8 years ago