Shorter hair!

I've had a few inches whacked off my barnet. To be honest, this cut isn't as drastic as it could have been: I was weighing up a 'Dana Scully' cut but realised two things. One, that Gillian Anderson's hairdo changed a fair bit even over the 1990s series of The X-Files, so there was no one Scully cut, and two, that while they'd probably work on me, they probably wouldn't make me look like Gillian Anderson in any way. So I stuck with my 60s flip, and someone said the new 'do made me look like Emma Peel, so I'm happy. (I don't think I look like Emma Peel, but if I can evoke an aura of Peelishness I am a very happy Mim.)


My morning walks have resumed. I've never been angsty about my age before, but this year I'm really feeling it – the annoyance at those wrinkles that don't go even with a good night's sleep, worries about the bits that hurt for no apparent reason. I turn 45 tomorrow and am not happy about it. Perhaps it's because I work with a lot of people around 20 years younger than myself; I'm a bit of an outlier in games journalism. Anyway, I'm going to walk off those aches and pains, and hopefully a bit of my winter chub, and remind myself that the only alternative to ageing is death and that's definitely not on the cards. Got too many places to go and things I want to do.

The angst is making me appreciate all the brilliant 40-something and 50-something bloggers I follow all the more. Seeing all those ladies enjoying life, looking fabulous and giving 0 fucks really is uplifting. What I take away from all of them is that it's important to have fun. To be less serious about the little things. Live your best life.

So, what fun have I been having? Reading vintage crime novels, of course, and watching far too much telly. I'm on the fence about Traitors; it's an interesting story but the heroine is possibly the least interesting character, and she often looks more 1935 than 1945. I did wonder if that's because the hairstyles and shoulder pads of the 1940s would look a little odd to present-day audiences, but it would have been nice to see a stronger 40s look. I've finally signed up to Spotify and have had fun making a huge 1920s/1930s playlist to listen to at work. And yesterday I started work on the mosaic kit Mr Robot got me for Christmas. I thought it would be dead simple and take me a couple of hours at most to do. After about three hours all I'd managed was the outline of the horse! So this project will take me a little longer than anticipated.

What have you been up to? Living your best life, I hope!