☀️ Frolic-hearted, feckful and glee-dream The words we need to live by in 2023 ✍️ from susie_dent
January 1, 2023 10:46 am
Hope, regret, wistfulness and good cheer are frequent companions to the start of the New Year, traditionally mixed in with a good deal of crapulence This day tends to be one of mixed emotions. Hope, regret, wistfulness and good cheer are frequent companions to, traditionally mixed in with a good deal of crapulence . That package of feelings is neatly captured in “January” itself, which took its name from the Roman deity Janus, god of beginnings and keeper of doors and gateways, depicted in art with two faces: one that looks back and one facing forward, just as New Year’s Eve eyes both the past and the future.
Mind you, if you are so crambazzled that looking in the mirror this morning causes distinct idio-repulsion , then the future understandably may not seem so bright. But however reluctantly we might be facing the day, we could all do with being more forward-facing Janus and throwing a hopeful glance at what is to come. In that spirit I have gathered together a collection of words to live by in 2023, largely borrowed from my favourite place in the world, the historical lexicon.
While I would never expect anyone to use it, there is sheer happiness in the fact that the Finnish confection hyppytyynytyydytys even exists. It describes the pleasure of dropping into an armchair, preferably with a deep sigh. It seems to be used sparingly in Finland and has barely travelled beyond the confines of the internet, where it has been rather wonderfully translated as “bouncy cushion satisfaction”.