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resolution revolution

Smoking. Diet. Exercise. Hobby. Career. Charity. Finances. Mental wellbeing. A new language. Stop this. Start that. Do this more, and that less. Try something else entirely. My finger hovered over the 'Buy Now' button for another self improvement book in the Amazon January sale. Another self improvement book to sit on my virtual bookshelf alongside the other titles I've bought over the years; and rarely, if ever, read let alone acted upon. And then I stopped myself. A new me might be intriguing (though probably exhausting to achieve) but wouldn't be me . I'm already me. And I'm not so bad, I decided. I could probably do with a bit of a trim, some buffing up, a kick up the arse, but actually I'm not so bad. I get there, I get things done, more tortoise than hare I'll admit, but that's my way. So I stepped into 2019 in the same suit of clothes that I wore through 2018 - a little wrinkled, in need of a press, a bit faded, but still comfortable, still