Anne Atkins
My Commonplace Book
1 min readFeb 15, 2018

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Hurrah: second day of Lent!

One down and one to go…

I’ve decided that the second secret of willpower — apart from the willpower — is to go a step at a time. Which means I only have to keep Lent one day at a time. Which in turn surely means I only have one day left to go.

For the moment, anyway.

And, oh look, it’s evening. Which means that actually, I’m two days down with only one to go.

I’ve also realised that sweet fizzy drinks are utterly disgusting and a lot worse than nothing — even worse than low-alcohol drinks, which you’d think must be impossible — which puts me one step nearer Heaven.

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Anne Atkins
My Commonplace Book

Novelist. One-time Shakespearean actor. Journalist, broadcaster and commentator if you pay me enough. Mother of far too many. Lover of one alone.