The Friday 5: Hopeful Edition

Our final weekly roundup of stories in 2011.

Here at EcoSalon we’re filled with hope for the new year – specifically:

The New Year resolutions we hope you’re not making in the next few days.

The 2012 we hope you’ll have, specifically, every single one of us.

The 10 news stories of 2011 we hope you didn’t miss.

The 10 quotes about women that we sincerely hope you did miss.

…and in the coming year, we dearly hope we’ve all learned how to seize the moment – because life is short.

Happy New Year!

Mike Sowden

Mike Sowden is a freelance writer based in the north of England, obsessed with travel, storytelling and terrifyingly strong coffee. He has written for online & offline publications including Mashable, Matador Network and the San Francisco Chronicle, and his work has been linked to by Lonely Planet, World Hum and Lifehacker. If all the world is a stage, he keeps tripping over scenery & getting tangled in the curtain - but he's just fine with that.