Clodagh Finn: Down with New Year's resolutions — we need something gentler now

We have a real chance to shape a new and more equitable world. Let’s hope we grab it with both hands, writes Clodagh Finn

Wed, 30 Dec, 2020 - 08:00

Clodagh Finn

Clodagh Finn is a journalist, writer and collector of stories. Her recent book, The Irish in the Resistance, co-authored with John Morgan, shines a light on the forgotten contributions of the Irish who resisted Hitler during WW2.

It is surprising how much Twixmas resembles lockdown. The twilight netherworld between Christmas and New Year feels like level 5 to the power of two, only with better pyjamas thanks to the recent festive gift tied up with bows under the tree.

They are proving to be the ideal apparel for these days of guilt-free sloth. Here’s hoping, at least, that you have managed to suspend guilt in this gentle, time-warped hiatus between the excess of Christmas and the starkness of January, because it will rush back with an unexpected force once we ring in the new year.