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With new social restrictions and possibly more on the way this winter, our thoughts turn again to strategies for staying resilient and cheerful. Making life more bearable is all about identifying what we care about, the values we hold dear and doing what’s important to us. For The Artist readers this might include trying new subject matter, different media, joining an online workshop or course, or perhaps committing to the routine and discipline of preparing work to enter a competition. And what better combination of all these things than to support and enter next year’s David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation’s Wildlife Artist of the Year competition - the biggest fund-raising event for their conservation work in protecting endangered species across Africa and Asia (see page 62 for full details).