![]() ![]() But these happy feelings are not previews of some future happiness, this is the happiness. I think once all of those things are done, and I am fixed, then I’m going to feel those lovely feelings all the time. When we have, in my case, finished the book I’m writing or dealt with health problems or when the people I’m worried about are okay. ![]() Savour themĪs human beings we have got into the habit of thinking that these little bursts of joy we experience are like movie trailers or previews of how we will feel when everything in our lives is fixed. 2 Happy moments in life are not a preview. But now at 60 I’m looking back and I’m thinking: God, that was fast. At 5pm I’d be wanting to go to bed but it wasn’t allowed, because there were still several hours to run. I wanted the days to be 17 hours long, rather than 24 because there just seemed to be so much to endure. On the latest episode of The Women’s Podcast, she told Róisín Ingle about lessons she has learned over six decades. Keyes, who lives in Dublin with her husband, didn’t reach her latest roundy birthday without picking up a bit of wisdom along the way. As presenter, with Tara Flynn, of BBC Radio 4′s Now You’re Asking, she dispenses warm, wise and uplifting advice to listeners who write in with a wide variety of problems. Over the years she has campaigned on issues such as reproductive rights and has spoken openly about overcoming alcohol addiction – in January she will mark 30 years of sobriety. Known for her “sudden wild enthusiasms”, when not writing she has thrown herself into hobbies such as oil painting, knitting and furniture upcycling. Her beloved novels including Watermelon, Rachel’s Holiday, This Charming Man, Anybody Out There and Grown Ups, have sold more than 35 million copies worldwide. When writer Marian Keyes turned 60 earlier this month, she celebrated with a family party, Keanu Reeves-themed cupcakes and a birthday cake in the shape of Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel.
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