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Resolutions and resolve

Another year. Really? Where did the old one go? It seems only yesterday I was drawing up a list of resolutions for 2019 and here I am slipping quietly into 2020 with most of that old list still in place. Out of six well-intentioned resolutions made a year ago I’ve managed to keep only one – to stop smoking. A single cheroot hasn’t touched my lips since the second week of January.

I can’t say I feel massively better for having kicked the habit but I suppose it must’ve done some

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