2020 was challenging on so many levels for everyone. for some it's been financial, for others its been the loss of loved ones, but for all, it's been emotionally exhausting and overwhelming dealing with this pandemic; our mental health has been tested with limits on social interaction and physical movement. we've been gripping so hard at everything we love with fear that it will again, be taken away.
with so much that we've lost, what will we add this year? it's something i've been giving a lot of thought to recently.
although i celebrated new years with the rest of the country at midnight, nothing seemed different when i woke up on january first; and why would it? our hardships had nothing to do with 2020. a new year is not a magic pill: it cannot eliminate a pandemic, or racism, it cannot stop the bankruptcy of so many small businesses or bring back people we've lost. it's just another day, another sunrise.. but people's spirits did seem higher. and this past week as Biden took office, at least in New York, people were hopeful for the first time in months, if not years.
everything must happen in doses. significant change takes time, it happens in small victories, some merely visible until years later.
so again i ask myself, and you, what will we add this year?
i will add back my adventure - some travel, some new places, & hopefully some new culture
i will finally learn at least a few phrases of another language
i will journal regularly
and read actual books with worn pages, stamped and bound
i will appreciate the little things + acknowledge that they are, in the grand scheme of things, not so little.
it has been four weeks of 2021. we have a new president. we have a covid vaccine. we have people returning to what we are deeming 'real life' as many venture back to work, back to travel, to school + indoor dining. and with this i am hopeful..
i am hopeful that we can retire some sweatpants to the back of our closet.
i am hopeful that we can see loved ones.
i am hopeful that my friends can finally have the weddings of their dreams.
i am hopeful that we will come out of this better than we entered it; dancing, laughing, and enjoying each others company.
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