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An article published by the Guardian and The Irish Times this week promised me enlightenment: “Over 50 ways you can make your life easier in 2026.” Advice meandered from the personally inapplicable (I have neither children nor a garden) to the harmlessly obvious (no, you don’t need to fold all of your laundry).
But – as is always the case with the quick-fix-salvage-your-disaster-of-a-life listicles – it left me feeling exhausted.
This year I must, in no particular order, address “the underlying causes of foot pain”; let go of my ageist beliefs; learn how to dress m
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