As in past years, I may cheat a little bit to find the most relevant sentences from this year’s blog posts which best describe 2018. A year of finally achieving stability and contentment of sorts after 4 years of tumult, but with all the usual feelings of guilt and never having enough time to do everything I want.
So, each year I leap.
Soothe through boxing gloves…
Too ferocious to be constrained by borders in light and shade/ we shimmer in the mirror
I emerged like a warrior after endless wars in Troy: with a strained ligament, a pulled deltoid, throbbing headache, shortness of breath and a cold.
It is tempting to wonder what Orwell would have written if he had been living today.
With all of the book-buying binges I’ve been indulging in for the past year, I’ve had to rethink how I arrange my books on the shelves.
She sat down to do her mission report and invoices.
Close Encounters of the Welsh Kind
I finally took a couple of days off work and visited Cambridge with my sons.
Motherly guilt played a part.
The stones on the ground all glitter enchantingly, since these hills used to contain gold.
I’ve let my #EU27Project languish for far too long…
It has been fun keeping so busy, attending so many events, getting involved in multiple literary projects. But I think my word for 2019 will be ‘Restraint’. Not sexy, but necessary. It’s time to choose just a few important things to focus on. Help my son through his exams and to make the best decisions about his future. Make the poetry chapbook as good as I can and bring the novel to a presentable state. Save money by not buying books, booking holidays and going to shows at the drop of a hat. Read wisely and deeply rather than too widely and superficially. Take better care of my health: not eat so excessively, not be quite so extravagantly lazy.

Excellent resolutions, Marina, and which echo some of mine. Can’t wait to learn more about your novel.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to you, MarinaSofia! Hope 2019 is a good one, and not too restrained! 🍾
I can’t quite envision you as ‘extravagantly lazy’ given the quantity and quality of your blog posts plus working plus single parenthood plus all the other things you’ve done this year. A very happy 2019 to you, reading and otherwise!
Happy New Year Marina Sofia!
I have yet to make resolutions to break but I should pinch some of yours – especially restraint! Happy New Year my dear!
I’m glad your year saw you achieving some contentment, Marina Sofia, and some stability. And I really like the way you chose to express that. I wish you all the best for 2019. May it be a good year for all of us.
Beautifully put and your choice of quotes seems to sum up your year well! Good resolutions too. Happy new year to you and yours! 😀