Brianna Parkins: My list of things to give up in 2024, starting with self-improvement

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'We are looking at 2024 through the keyhole, trying to size it up before we let it in.' Photograph: iStock The 2023 calendar is dead. Its watch has ended. The free one you got from the Chinese takeaway last year has been replaced on the kitchen wall with the novelty Daniel O’Donnell one you didn’t want but received anyway from your brother-in-law for Christmas. In fairness to wee Daniel, it has a clever layout with squares big enough to fit both “BIN NIGHT” and “WEDDING ANNIVERSARY” if they fall on the same date – two important life events that incur...