Maeve Higgins: In every little thing you do, you will find yourself

As we welcome 2022, an entirely unknown future lies ahead, with eons of possibilities

TODAY is January 1. A new year beckons, empty and pure, and I can manifest it into anything I wish — well, anything that takes into consideration the laws of physics and the immovable fact of living through a pandemic, of course. An entirely unknown future lies ahead, with eons of possibilities.

Some people may decide to look out on the wonder that is the Grand Canyon or jump out of an aeroplane to parachute into an Alaskan lake; others may take the elevator to the top of the Rockefeller Plaza and gaze out at the city, determined to make it theirs one day.