December 21 – Future Self. Imagine yourself five years from now. What advice would you give your current self for the year ahead? (Bonus: Write a note to yourself 10 years ago. What would you tell your younger self?)

Oh dear, my imagination is not that great .... I could hazard a guess that I would be in exactly the same place as I am now but that would be slightly depressing.  I could say I would have an interesting well paid job that I loved  that involved travelling to interesting countries.  I might have a home in countryside where I could ride every day off-road with no traffic and hunt regularly for fun and excitement and the challenge.  I might be living in Scotland (my home) ... I just don't know, there are a lot of imponderables and why should we look so far ahead.  Isn't the challenge to be happy now?  My advise to myself for the year ahead would be to keep writing every day.  The wisdom about what to do next will come in time.
If I was advising my younger self I would tell her to pay more attention to her own needs and not devote so much energy to everyone else!