Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Sign in
Search jobs
Search
The Guardian - Back to homeThe Guardian

The resolution I kept

Writers on the habits, routines and promises that saw them through 2020

1 January 2021

  • Tim Jonze tends to his lawn

    I used to be a terrible gardener. Then I became a terrible gardening bore

  • Peter White at home

    No one can read 50 books a week. So why was I buying or borrowing that many?

31 December 2020

  • Gareth McLean tries a facemask

    I’ve stopped apologising for myself. Sometimes I am marvellous!

  • Emma Beddington at the keyboard

    Twenty years ago, nerves stopped me singing in public. Could I get my voice back?

30 December 2020

  • Nish Kumar

    Boris Johnson stopped me getting fit – but he couldn’t come between me and my guitar

  • Susan Smillie on board her boat, Isean

    I chose fun over drudgery – and ran off to live at sea

29 December 2020

  • Toby Moses enjoys a drink in moderation

    I had outgrown bingeing and hangovers – so I decided to drink more often

  • Laura Barton: ‘I decided I had a responsibility to interest myself.’

    I was bored of chats about house prices and polyamory – but I had a secret plan for happiness

28 December 2020

  • Woman drinking and smoking

    Lose weight, save money, cut out booze? I could do that! But give up smoking?

  • Alastair Campbell

    Alastair Campbell: I couldn’t stop Brexit, but I could do my bit to save the planet

Explore more on these topics
  翻译：