In 2021 we should all be making time to look after ourselves – I know I’ll be

With some time yet before things significantly improve, we all need to find small ways to treat ourselves better, writes Katy Brand

Trains (and train stations) will take a back seat this year, post-Covid (Getty)

I have not made any new year’s resolutions for 2021. And judging by my social media feeds, I am not alone in this. The temptation is of course to simply carry over the unfulfilled resolutions from 2020, but I’m not doing that either.

Mainly because it seems as unlikely that I will see the Taj Mahal by moonlight in the next twelve months as it did in the last. The same goes for running a marathon, although for slightly different reasons. No, instead I am going to bring my aims and expectations closer to home. In fact, even closer than that – to my body.

I travel a lot for work, or at least, I used to. I was always jumping on a train or plane, often at very short notice, to audition for a part in some TV drama in Manchester, or film a documentary in Glasgow, or speak at a book festival in Cornwall. It was a blur of hotels and then back home for long enough to make up for being away, before I’d set off again. I’m not complaining – it was exciting and made me feel important which I always appreciate. But it was also terrible for my health.