What's something you changed your mind about in the last year?

I used to not like seafood. As my palatte has changed I've started loving foods that I really disliked earlier in life. Go figure!

I used to not like seafood. As my palatte has changed I've started loving foods that I really disliked earlier in life. Go figure!

I used to believe money would fix the anxiety. We finally got comfortable this year and the anxiety just found new things to worry about. The problem was never the bank balance.

I used to believe money would fix the anxiety. We finally got comfortable this year and the anxiety just found new things to worry about. The problem was never the bank balance.

That I had to have it all figured out by forty. I turned forty-one and realised nobody hands out certificates for that. The not-knowing is just the rest of it — and that's oddly freeing.

That I had to have it all figured out by forty. I turned forty-one and realised nobody hands out certificates for that. The not-knowing is just the rest of it — and that's oddly freeing.

I thought working from home would make me happy. It made me efficient and lonely. I need the friction of other people more than I need the comfort of my own couch.

I thought working from home would make me happy. It made me efficient and lonely. I need the friction of other people more than I need the comfort of my own couch.

That being right mattered. I won an argument with my brother in the spring and we haven't really spoken since. I'd trade every point I scored to have that afternoon back.

That being right mattered. I won an argument with my brother in the spring and we haven't really spoken since. I'd trade every point I scored to have that afternoon back.

I changed my mind about my mother. For years I saw only what she couldn't give me. This year I finally saw everything she did — quietly, without applause — and I felt ashamed of how long it took.

I changed my mind about my mother. For years I saw only what she couldn't give me. This year I finally saw everything she did — quietly, without applause — and I felt ashamed of how long it took.

I was certain I hated running. Then a friend died young and I started running just to feel my own lungs work. Now it's the hour of the day I protect most.

I was certain I hated running. Then a friend died young and I started running just to feel my own lungs work. Now it's the hour of the day I protect most.

That ambition and contentment were opposites. I spent a decade choosing between them. Turns out you can want more and still be grateful for exactly where you are — they live in different rooms of the same house.

That ambition and contentment were opposites. I spent a decade choosing between them. Turns out you can want more and still be grateful for exactly where you are — they live in different rooms of the same house.

I used to think forgiveness was something you granted other people. This year I realised it was mostly something I'd been withholding from myself. Once I let that go, half my resentments quietly disappeared.

I used to think forgiveness was something you granted other people. This year I realised it was mostly something I'd been withholding from myself. Once I let that go, half my resentments quietly disappeared.