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Every year, I do a year end summary of my year. I think 2020 turned out differently than expected for everybody. When I look at my goals for 2020 that I made in December of 2019, I laugh a little.
Those goals were:
- Grow the Podcast
- Be more present
- Make Better Art
The podcast is a travel podcast, so I have a great excuse for not following through there. The year started out okay with a trip to Bristol, VA/TN in early January. I am sure I was the only tourist in town that weekend. But it was still nice. Visit the podcast to hear about it or read about it here. I did not go anywhere again until September and that was a family trip to the lake. And in October, I was chomping at the bit and had to go somewhere, so I went to Charlotte, NC. You can listen to that here. I will admit that I was not ready to travel yet. Lesson learned.
As for the be more present, I am doing well at that. Especially with my family. I’ve had little choice in learning patience.
Since traveling was not on the table much, I took photos of items that I had around the house. See some of those here and here.
A lot of dreams died this year. Mine were just put to sleep and went into hibernation. Some sad things happened this year, we lost one our cats (a cat very special to me). But I feel we have been very lucky. We’ve both kept our jobs and most of our sanity.
So, my goals for 2021 are a little bit different. They are more personal.
- I would like to be more grateful
- Work on my empathy
- Be more patient with myself
I hope 2021 brings blessings to everyone.
Lovely to hear from you again, Sharon. What did you do in Charlotte?
I just went for a visit. I ended up going to a couple of museums. I will go back when things settle a bit.
Chris and I used to visit the bookstores and Friends of the Library sponsored used book sales and their Antiquarian Book Fairs. There was a restaurant called the Spaghetti Warehouse that had great food. Even before the current chaos, we had not been to Charlotte for a long long time. Two of the bookstore owners had died, and one had disappeared into eastern NC. Those were the days. *sigh*
We had a spaghetti warehouse here. But it closed long ago. The food was excellent!
They had wonderful sangria. Even our Mexican places locally don’t have that. I miss a lot of places we went over the years, that are no more.