82 • happiful.com • September 2019
When you’re reading this,
future Anna, ultimately I hope
you are happy. I hope you’ve had
a rollicking good time so far. I
hope you finally have a garden!
A house! I hope you managed to
have a family of your own, and cry
through every single Nativity play
and carol concert like mum did at
ours. And if not, I’m sure you’re
a cracking auntie. I hope you’ve
continued to flex your creative
muscle in your job, and I hope
whatever you’re doing for your
career still makes you as happy as it
makes me now.
Life has probably thrown a couple
of curveballs at you over the years,
and I’m sure they’ve made you
stronger. Loss completely sucks,
and is inevitable as you get older,
but I have no doubt that you would
have developed a way to cope – and
that it’s made you more thankful
for the people in your life, and has
given you even more of a reason
to spend quality time with your
nearest and dearest.
If you’re having a tough time,
there is only one remedy. Laughter- and lots of it. Remember when
you and Mark used to crank up the
Sonos (I’m guessing these are as
archaic as a cassette now), dance
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of the life organisation manual ‘An
Edited Life’ (Quadrille, £16.99).
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@TheAnnaEdit for more.If you’re having a tough
time, there is only one
remedy. Laughter – and
lots of itaround the kitchen, and give your
neighbours a show that Craig
Revel Horwood would have given
a two? Or that time when Sammy
jumped on top of the footstool and
sang Britney Spears like her life
depended on it? Call your friends
immediately and book in a karaoke
session. Is No Doubt’s ‘Don’t Speak’
still your karaoke song?
Essentially, future self, I hope
you’re happy, healthy, loving life,
and still learning – and that you
continue having a hella load of fun.