Soooo. About those goals and intentions you set last week. Quick question: why do they matter? In the final session of The Joy Project in December, we took time to focus on dreaming and possibilities. I asked participants to define their anchor: what’s the thing that will make your dream sink in?

There’s sand between my toes. Gritty, damp. More sand drifts over the wood floor of our bedroom. I’m up every morning with the sun, for a swim with sea turtles before a mug of coffee. I wear colourful robes like Mrs. Roper; my skin is wrinkled and leathery from the sun. My hair is steel grey and wiry, and my earrings are huge.