Printed scarf, £85 (jaeger.co.uk)

So, the Mandarin lessons aren’t going too well, and the meditation is a washout.

But the past six months haven’t been a total waste of time because, guess what, I’ve finally mastered the art of tying a scarf around the handles of my bags without it unravelling after seven minutes.

I won’t bore you with the technical details, although I will say you need to wrap it tightly, keeping the silk flat, overlapping neatly and tying securely and neatly at either end with approximately two inches of tail left dangling either side.

This scarf business offers a rich seam of creative bag-doodling.

Can’t afford £2,200 for the new beribboned, buckled and monogrammed Gucci?

Create your own statement with that old Hermes scarf you’ve never worn.

You can endlessly change the look of your bag and even coordinate an otherwise not particularly matchymatchy one with your outfit.

Also: there’s something strangely therapeutic about the wrapping process.

If you’re the type who gets angsty about whether or not What’s knot to love: silk scarf, £85 ( jaeger.co.uk); Mulberry AW18 collection, above something’s cool, it may not be for you however, because what with the constant flux in the world-view of the fashion police, I’m not sure whether scarves on bags are currently considered the height of bourgeois Parisian chic or the depths of Sloaney desperation.

Probably both, depending on which postcode you’re in.

I say, block out the judgy hipsters and go with your heart.

Who doesn’t secretly love a scarf on a bag?