Goodbye 2020…. Hello 2021!

Goodbye 2020…. Hello 2021!

Except do we really know what 2021 holds for us?

At the end of every year we wave goodbye to the last, whether with a farewell or a screw you, yet we never know what the year to come brings to us. 

This year has been tough. We’ve lost people who we love. We’ve had health scares and surgeries. We’ve had “rules” thrown at us left, right and centre but no one really knowing what is the right thing or not to do. We’ve been scared. We’ve been alone or felt lonely. We’ve been scared. We’ve had tremendous amounts of anxiety. We’ve felt lost. We’ve not been able to interact with people we care about. We’ve missed friends. We’ve missed human interaction and physical connection. We’ve binge watched so many shows that we don’t know what to watch next. We’ve gained weight. We’ve lost weight. We’ve exercised, or we sat on the couch. 

I could go on with this list, but all in all, a lot has happened this year, despite not being able to do a lot.

I’m right there with everyone else. I want to wave my middle finger at 2020 and say, rather I want to scream, a big FUCK YOU to it, and get ready for 2021 with all my energy going to the universe with hopes that it will be a better, a more positive, year. Truth be told, it will be what we make it, regardless of the circumstances. There are things beyond our control, yes, but what if we controlled what we could and made it what we wanted? Felt how we wanted about it. Made the good things better, and tried to change our mindframe of the negative to make a positive from it. 

So for this year, I am grateful for everything that it brought me. More free time. More time to think about things I want. More time to focus on things I’ve wanted to check off my to do list. To get started on the side projects I’ve wanted to, even if I didn’t do them all. I am grateful for the connections that I got to have, both in person and still staying in touch virtually. I have allowed the sadness to happen when it needed to without fighting it. I’ve grieved with loss. I’ve cried. I’ve also laughed uncontrollably, loved until my heart felt like it could burst, and smile at the pleasures in my life that I did get to have.

Our time is what we make of it. The seconds still pass everyday no matter our emotion or the circumstance that has happened. I hope that you take your time and use it how you want. 

Happy New Year !

AnnMarie

xo