Make January mean something else

Friday, January 13, 2023 | 160 Views |

Back to work: With the festive break over, the new year is now well underway PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

For many people, anytime immediately after the end of a previous year, is a time for recollection, resolutions and the worry about perceived overindulgence and overspending in the previous month.

For some, it may even be the time they start to dread the increase in their age (and ours too) which is bound to happen sooner or later! To counteract this propensity to descend into self-flagellation, I ask that this year, at its beginning, we should do things differently.

For starters, let us be kind to ourselves and lay aside the embarrassment of missing the target or the plans, or the failure of our brightest star to shine in the previous year.

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