resolutions

7 New Years resolutions every parent makes

7 New Years resolutions every parent makes

There’s nothing quite like the slap in the face you get when you wake up and realise another year is gone. “What the crap? Where did that year go?” you hear yourself say. Again. A new year, a touch of the fear from a New Year’s hangover and suddenly your mind is filled with reflection, regrets, delusion […]

5 years ago

5 reasons I hate New Year’s Resolutions

5 reasons I hate New Year’s Resolutions

Resolutions, smesolutions! (No, that’s not a word but it expresses exactly how I feel.) Of course I’d be lying if I said I have never set some for myself or that I don’t have things I want to do this year, such as eat better and stress less. But I think the concept of the […]

11 years ago

3 I’m Quitting This Year And You Should Too (And None Of Them Are Food!)

3 I’m Quitting This Year And You Should Too (And None Of Them Are Food!)

I’m all for setting achievable goals, I am, but throw in two full-time working parents, two crazy kids and a stubbornness to admit we are not 18 anymore, and good intentions just lose the battle. Bread, red wine and chocolate usually win. Every January. So, this year, I’m not quitting the usual things – carbs, booze, processed foods – […]

11 years ago