This year, my new year resolution is to finish the first draft of a novel. It’s a realistic goal — I’m not saying it has to make money, or even be any good. I just want the words on the page, even if all they do then is languish for ever in a folder.
Well, I say that’s what I want — but of course finishing a draft was my new year resolution last year, and the year before that, and before that. In truth, I’ve been pushing back this particular ambition since 2017.
Maybe for you, it’s running a marathon —