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New year, same old you

In a Saturday magazine special, we look at ways to embrace your complicated, messy, imperfect life as it is – and be happier for it

7 January 2024

  • Multi-coloured illustration of a figure leaping out of bed, his eyes still shut, holding one hand up in a 'rock on' gesture, and clutching a small dog in the other

    Change the lights! Start napping! 27 ways to boost your mood for the New Year

    Ooooof… January isn’t easy! Energy levels are rock bottom – but fear not. Here’s how to give yourself a factory reset to boost your lust for life

24 December 2023

  • Sparkling wine bottle in ice bucket on blurred restaurant background

    End the year with a bang: great sparkling wines

    Add some fizz to your celebrations with this selection of cracking festive bottles

9 January 2022

  • Eva Wiseman

    Will it be a happy new year? Depends who you are talking to…

    Eva Wiseman
    Glad tidings look quite different if you’re addressing a parent compared to a Tory MP, or a lockdown pet owner…

1 January 2022

  • cigarette smoke

    Can’t quit, won’t quit: confessions of a die-hard smoker

    He started in his 30s, has asthma, and can go more than a week without a cigarette – so why does this writer still not think it’s time to stop?
  • Picture of overweight woman in knickers

    Ditching the diet – how I learned to accept the body I have

    A lifetime of hating my body has got me nowhere. If I can’t love it, can I at least respect it?

    • 100 ways to slightly improve your life without really trying

    • New year, same old you! The secret to self-improvement is embracing your messy, imperfect life

    • Be bad, better – from anger to laziness, how to put your worst habits to good use

31 December 2021

  • Someone with a duvet over their head and just their legs showing

    Say no to Fomo: how I embraced staying in

    Remember being inundated with invitations and parties? If the last two years have taught me anything, it’s that you don’t have to go to any of them
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