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Friday, December 05, 2025

Tag: new year

The most depressing day annually, and weird Christmas traditions
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The most depressing day annually, and weird Christmas traditions

ward 07/01/2025

Happy Christmas and New Year! If you don’t celebrate either of them, then I hope you have had a good January so far. The New Year always marks a time … Read More

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New Lockdown! 2020 recap from someone stuck in Thailand
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New Lockdown! 2020 recap from someone stuck in Thailand

ward 05/01/2021

First things first – Happy New Year in Lockdown! Good times to be had by all. Except, you know, covid and isolation and general misery. I thought I would start … Read More

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Stoicism, contentment and ignoring social media

ward 07/01/2020

Over the last few years I have striven to care less about stuff in a quest for contentment. Not giving a shit about what other people think has been pretty … Read More

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New Year Resolutions are easy to keep

ward 31/12/2019

I recently read an article in New Scientist that said statistically, if you make new year resolutions, you are more likely to keep them than merely vaguely wanting to do … Read More

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Happy robot Christmas and New Year

ward 26/12/2018

Happy Christmas from all of us here at The Word of Ward! I hope you have a good and downright merry one. This year’s Xmas theme is robots.

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Happy New Year!

ward 03/01/2016

Happy bloody New Year! I hope it is going well for you so far and that you haven’t already failed miserably at keeping your resolutions.

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Happy New Year 2015!!!

ward 01/01/2015

Happy New Year! The Word of Ward hopes 2015 finds you abundantly well and having a superb time all the time.

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Happy 2013!

ward 14/01/2013

I forgot to mention the digit change and wish all my readers a happy 2013. (Funnily enough, this replicated the Indie Retro New Year’s Eve party I went to in … Read More

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What happened in 2011?

ward 29/12/2011

Every TV and radio show is now poised to launch its end of year review show. Some will be funny, most will be depressing. It has been quite a momentous year all things considered.

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