Whatever the prevailing sentiment, I can be pretty much guaranteed to feel the opposite.
I am the epitome of contrary.
If the world insists that all jeans must be skinny, I will hunt down the last straight-legged pair in existence.
If everyone agrees that sea swimming is the absolute best thing ever, I will stuff my wetsuit trousers into the back of the wardrobe until all the townies have worn their DryRobes to a frazzle and moved on to nude zip-lining or whatever.
Whatever the zeitgeist declares I must do, I scrunch up my face and say No! like a tantrummy toddler. I am not a trend setter, I am a Trend Opposer.
So when I discovered that Everyone on the Internet was denouncing the notion of New Year’s resolutions, I was delighted to be obliged to make a grand big list and announce them all publicly.
So here goes:
Ahem.
1. Do some kind of creative writing course
2. Buy a campervan (and sell a car)
3. Spend the summer in West Cork – find a longterm let/holiday rental for 2-3 months that won’t cost a fortune
4. Change the open fire to gas
5. Replace the busted flooring downstairs
6. Instal a perspex awning outside so I can have my breakfast in the rain
7. Do good gardening
8. Use the library and stop buying so many books
These may not be as life-affirming as your standard influencer, and are entirely non-transferrable, but I’d be delighted to achieve even a few. And now that they are written down, I can tick them off! Yay!
