My son has started studying French and he is learning his first two verbs: Être et Avoir – to be and to have. He is also 13 and in his first year of secondary school. He wants to make friends, which means he is trying to, in his case, fit in and find his place in the...
Full disclosure: I cannot even remember when I have made my last New Year’s resolution.
Why? I look at New Year’s resolution a bit like I look at dieting. Like many a predictable teenage girl, I have dieted, possibly three or four times. Then I stopped, because I had watched myself one time too many not sticking to the actions needed to stay on track after the dieting. My own personal research was 100%, clear cut.
I reckon it must have been the same with my New Year’s resolutions. Why would I repeat something year after year, when I don’t even believe in it the minute I do it?
You, on the other hand…
As the year is winding down, we all look forward to a well deserved time of breathing, reflecting and perhaps planning. If you are anything like me, you will be thinking about what to read during the next couple of weeks, and likely picturing yourself with a cold or a hot drink in a comfy armchair, preferably near a fire place.
On my list for this year are…