01 Jan 2021 Reflections
The past two years have challenged all of us in multiple ways. We’ve lost friends, coworkers and family members to a deadly virus and lost out on opportunities to create memories & spend quality time with people we love, followed by being forced to return to “normal life” like each and every one of us isn’t dealing with some sort of fall-out caused by this pandemic: personal, financial, physical, emotional, etc. It’s honestly insane when you consider it. I know of companies & offices requiring their employees to work in-person but refusing to put practices in place to keep them safe! If all that wasn’t enough, our nation is completely polarized over what seems like every issue imaginable. I know I personally STILL cannot take in very much news. I consumed so much information & was so engaged between 2016 and 2020 that I truly have not really recovered from it. I’m still exhausted.
Through all of this, we’ve been expected to keep on keepin’ on. And so, we do. Or we try to. But what’s falling through the cracks? Is it our mental health? Our physical health? Our relationships? The environment?
I wanted to write a post today about what I had accomplished in 2021, what I had fallen short on, and what I was looking forward to in 2022. But it rang hollow as I sit in my still-standing home, only miles away from the 1000+ homes that were destroyed in a raging fire two days ago. Or when I consider that I’m living and breathing, but that privilege was ripped away from 5 people earlier this week, 2 of whom are friends of friends, and 2 of whom were in a tattoo parlor that I’ve been inside of before.
So, what DO I hope for in 2022? Less polarization. More community. Less selfishness. More gratitude. Less greed. More access to mental health resources. Less judgment. More understanding. Less politics. More humanity.
I hope we can get to work.
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