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Happy New Year! This time of year brings about a time of reflection, planning and above all,  hope. The positive energy is a good thing to tune into. Even my radio station is having a lot less news bulletins.  Hope is on the rise. Yey! My year review seems to be very different most people. The common occurrence was one of holiday.  One of my friends said years ago 'your life is a holiday'. I used to try and argue my case and use responses of 'but...' and would try to explain away my life. But This year, I realised that I didn't need to defend my lifestyle, in fact I could embrace it, lockdown and all. I didn't start out my year with a plan of renting out my apartment, packing away my books and wigs and set sail to the sea in my Smart car. In fact if you had told me that is what I would be doing, I would have laughed at the joke. But here I am. I took a risk and lept into the abyss of the unknown. My lifelong habit of worrying about the future has completely abated and my sheckles of my past have been unlocked.  I used to be terrified of the moment so I think that's why I spent so much time thinking about yesterday and tomorrow.  Today, I truly am present and think the pandemic helped a lot of people be in the now, as frustrating as a life without plans can be.

My certainty right now? A borrowed dog snuggling down beside me after trying unsuccessfully getting me to play with his toys, two cats communicating beyond my earshot and QI on the BBC. My certainty is that there is no certainty and that's OK with me right now... Of that - I'm certain.