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Don't tell me 2019 is going to be my year – you'll jinx it

This week/month, anybody starting a sentence with these words will be met with me making the above ‘Tzp!’ noise, while simultaneously pushing my index finger against their lips (not in the sexy way) and making the international signal for ‘Zip it’ with the other hand. You know the one – the one with the zip.

If there is one thing I will not tolerate, it’s this insistence that a year – any year – has to be MY YEAR. Like I’m going to win an Oscar or something. (I didn’t even win a Golden Globe, so this is highly unlikely.)

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