If I’d made any new year resolutions they’d be broken by now. No, broken isn’t the right word—that implies an active relationship with the resolution. They wouldn’t even be neglected. If I’d made any new year resolutions, by now they’d be forgotten. The only way I’d remember I’d even made them would be if I happened one day to be flicking through the journal where I would have written it down on the second of January (having failed to start my new diary on the first), drawn a cloud border around it so it stands out, then told myself how great I was feeling about it. (There’s a lot of conditional tenses in that sentence, sorry if it’s too much mental gymnastics for a Sunday evening).
letter #21
letter #21
letter #21
If I’d made any new year resolutions they’d be broken by now. No, broken isn’t the right word—that implies an active relationship with the resolution. They wouldn’t even be neglected. If I’d made any new year resolutions, by now they’d be forgotten. The only way I’d remember I’d even made them would be if I happened one day to be flicking through the journal where I would have written it down on the second of January (having failed to start my new diary on the first), drawn a cloud border around it so it stands out, then told myself how great I was feeling about it. (There’s a lot of conditional tenses in that sentence, sorry if it’s too much mental gymnastics for a Sunday evening).