We don’t need to go into details, so let’s just say that 2020 didn’t really go to plan. Which is why, in 2021, we’re forgetting the past, taking the bull by the horns and making the best of it. We asked some wellbeing experts for a few tips that might enable us to refocus our minds, enable our bodies and energise our routines to allow us to enjoy life to its fullest. With the right attitude, approach and tools, 2021 is there for the taking.

Because of an arbitrary calendar invented by pagans, underpinned by the social construct that is time, events have conspired to bring us January. Like rising damp or U2, it is, predictably, in our midst once again. It is a month like no other, upon which we project our hopes, desires and deepest, darkest fears, as if it were an all-knowing deity with the ability to save humanity if the requisite sacrifices are presented. We tell January we will stop drinking.

If you’re anything like me, you have a subtle, socially acceptable addiction, one you can indulge in wherever and whenever you please. You have a compulsive need to scroll through headlines, jokes, insults, pictures, music videos and various other synapse-zapping stimuli for hours a day. There is a good chance you are on your phone right now, reading this after clicking a link on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

As we collectively attempt to put the past 12 months in the rear-view mirror, we’ve picked out 33 of the most exciting global happenings next year to spark joy and give reason for optimism. Spanning travel and tech, art and culture as well as dining, gaming, shopping and sport, it’s a list that includes exciting debuts, much-hyped returns, promising global trends and life-changing products to ensure you welcome the new year with open arms.

We don’t need to go into details, so let’s just say that 2020 didn’t really go to plan. Which is why, in 2021, we’re forgetting the past, taking the bull by the horns and making the best of it. We asked some wellbeing experts for a few tips that might enable us to refocus our minds, enable our bodies and energise our routines to allow us to enjoy life to its fullest. With the right attitude, approach and tools, 2021 is there for the taking.

Because of an arbitrary calendar invented by pagans, underpinned by the social construct that is time, events have conspired to bring us January. Like rising damp or U2, it is, predictably, in our midst once again. It is a month like no other, upon which we project our hopes, desires and deepest, darkest fears, as if it were an all-knowing deity with the ability to save humanity if the requisite sacrifices are presented. We tell January we will stop drinking.