2020 in a nutshell: In like a lamb and out like a mutant lion with tentacles and brain manipulating capabilities. How else could we explain the overreactions of so many? How else could we accept that common sense seemed to not exist and people decided to be offended because it was the popular thing to do? How else could I explain forgetting to buy Christmas cards until it was too late? (I didn't send them.) Most of us started 2020 with high hopes for a brilliant year to fulfill some goals and enjoy a new beginning. Nope, that's not what 2020 brought us. If we were to make a time capsule for last year we would have put some odd things in it like face masks, toilet paper, and catch-phrases such as, "The new normal" or "We're in this together". Guess what? We're all tired of those sayings and we wished face masks were not the new normal. Maybe in 10 years after we open up that capsule, we'll be able to laugh at it...maybe. Is 2021 going to be better? As I've been saying on this blog for most of 2020, it's up to you. Perspective and choice determine what your year will be like. Instead of focusing or should I say obsessing on the things we can't control, put your energy towards things you can control. Determine not to allow everything to upset or "offend" you. Also, look back on the good things that came out of 2020. For example, babies were born and books were published! I put out three books last year. Two of them were super short, but that's three great stories! I must brag about my books because very few do and it is really the only thing I can brag about myself. Focus on the positive, Carla, not the fact that you stopped exercising, or that you won't weigh yourself because you know you gained weight. Also, don't think about Hobbes going blind or ... I'm not going to set goals for the new year, because I never do. Life is one big goal towards looking for ways to improve my health, attitude, relationships, and intellect daily, because I will never be perfect. The perfect person who doesn't need to grow in at least one area of their life is the one who has died and now lives in heaven. Put one foot in front of the other and don't look back except with rose-colored glasses, because none of us are going to say 2020 was THE BEST YEAR EVER! But there were "bests" that came from the year and those are the things we can take from a year we are glad is in the rear-view mirror.
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