This article appeared in The Mayo News on Tuesday, January 16, 2024.

I find it quite incredible that we are already two weeks into the new year. Perhaps it’s just a side-effect of ageing, but the days, they seem to whizz by at a speed that leaves us hopelessly grasping at their shadows from the slipstream. Precious time we can never reclaim. The more mundane the hours, the faster they slip through our fingers.

2024 is shaping up to be a transformative year for your writer. A change of career is imminent, and alongside that, the shedding of old skin and growth of new side ventures.