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I am not a new years person. I don’t like crowds, I don’t believe in resolutions, and if I’m going to stay up late it’s going to be on my terms. In fact I sort of don’t get what the fuss is about. We all know that nothing substantial changes at the stroke of midnight on the year’s last day.

And yet at the same time there is something really lovely about the idea of it. Somehow a new year manages to have a feeling all its own, distinct from the previous one. Even at my lowest a new year feels a bit hopeful, like an opportunity.