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Trying to remain optimistic

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Does anyone else feel like any downtime we had with our family and friends over the festive period was a long time ago?
Andy Smith is director of people at Derby City Council. Picture: ADCS
Andy Smith is director of people at Derby City Council. Picture: ADCS

As I write this in my little office at home, surrounded by a plethora of festive chocolate and sweets yet to be devoured, I’m clinging onto the positive and warm feelings that Christmas instils in me, still determined to build more visits to the gym into my weekly routine.

As we say goodbye to one year, you inevitably start to think about the year ahead and what’s to come. This time last year none of us could have imagined the massive shocks we have experienced in the wider economy and the eye watering impact this had, and continues to have, on our communities. I hope that in 2023 we will see a greater sense of calm and stability and that the cost of living crisis becomes something we talk about in the past and not present tense. I know there’s some distance to travel yet.

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