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Go gently
I’ve been a subscriber of your wonderful magazine for a while now, and absolutely love it. Your January issue was so refreshing to read that I felt moved to write and tell you (although I’m a little later in doing this than planned!).
The theme that weaved consistently through the issue, and delighted me so much, was around ditching New Year’s resolutions in favour of embracing a gentler start to 2024.
For many years, I’ve started my new year’s diaries by writing down a few ‘aspirations’. As I read your January edition, it dawned on me that I’d stopped doing this. Curious, I sought out past diaries and found that it was 2021 when I last made a note of my wishes for the year ahead.
The issue struck a deep chord with my own thinking about how
Star letter
January seems to always herald a big noise about making ourselves ‘better’. It’s ‘out with the old and in with the new’, and ‘a new year, a new you’ – the assumption being that there is something wrong with the old you, you aren’t quite good enough as you are, and you could do better. It’s a thought that really offends and irritates me. So I guess, subconsciously, I’d slowly stopped engaging with it.
I have often felt there is nothing unique about me – if I think or feel something, I’m probably not the only one – and in the January issue of your magazine I felt like I’d found my tribe, and was amongst like-minded others. I’d found a place of belonging – and, for that, Psychologies, I thank you!
Alone not lonely
Thank you so much for the ‘In The Mood’ piece in the February issue stating that solitude can actually make you happier.
I am one of those people who loves being alone, and I rarely miss company. I genuinely prefer a solitary walk in the woods or sitting alone on my sofa reading a book to going to a dinner party or the pub.
However, it has, on occasion, made me wonder if there is something wrong with me, and if being on my own so much of the time is somehow bad for me.
But the study cited confirmed that solitude is fine, so long as it is a choice. I have pinned the piece to my fridge, and will no longer worry, instead enjoying the fact that I am one of those people who is perfectly content in my own company.
Thank you, Psychologies, for including the study in your magazine and for normalising spending time alone.
Voice of reason
I started reading Psychologies magazine at the beginning of this year, when I came across it in a newsagent at the airport. I was travelling to Dubai, and I really needed something to read throughout my flight. I didn’t hesitate to buy it, and now I’m hooked. I have gained so much self-confidence since I start
