Thankfully, 2020 is one for the history books. We’ve left that horrible year behind us and are now charting our course for what we want to be an improved year.
And here’s the thing: if we want this year to be better than last we have to go Picard-esque and make it so. No one predicted a pandemic last year, and once it set in, many of us did all that was within our power to make the best of it. But there are those who didn’t. Those who denied, those who still deny.
This year needs to be a year of putting in the effort to make good things happen. To take a moment to put our best foots forward, and to really make it a good year. We need to exercise compassion, and ask folks to forget about what happened last year–as best they can–and help us move forward to make this year better. We have a vaccine, which will help, but we need it distributed (which hasn’t been happening well, so far).
The good news is I have faith that competent people are coming in to do good work. And that we will get the vaccine distributed as it becomes more readily available (in terms of supply). And as we get more vaccination and return to life that more closely resembles pre-pandemic, I hope we will remember the resiliency we learned in 2020. For those who were able to boost their morale, hunker down and get stuff done, kudos. For those who struggled, who fell behind, who could not cope, that’s alright. This has been a tough year. You are still here. Help is available. You are loved, and know that you can get through this.
This year, I want to reach out to those I love more. It’s been hard not seeing people, so I really want to see people more once the vaccine is widely available. I want to visit parents and siblings and really see people. I’ve got an extra week of vacation to carry over because I hardly used any last year, so I want to squander it on frivolous trips to see people, just because.
And in 2021, I hope to write more on my novels. For me, output wise, 2020 was a loss. And while it’s not what I had intended, it can’t be changed now. The good news is I can forge ahead and figure out what I want to write and write it. I have a lot of ideas in my head, so I will have to set a course soon.
How about you? What is on tap for you for 2021 to make it better than 2020?