I always like looking forward to the forthcoming year, to things I’d like to see happen, and also reflecting on what I’ve wished for in the past, and seeing whether those things have been achieved. It’s a bit like being Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, when he is visited by the ghost of Christmas past, the ghost of Christmas present and the ghost of Christmas yet to come (but without being a “bitter, cold-hearted miser”). Continue reading
Arnold Bennett:
“The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.”
As one year ends, so another year begins. Practical Law has been reflecting on events in 2017 and looking forward to 2018. Continue reading
