As things start going slowly back to normal, I can’t help but wonder if I actually learned anything from 2020. I mean I know the lessons, I know what went wrong, but I feel like I was studying, like I was getting ready for an exam, and all I can think is will I pass, or will I fail?

And then I go and wonder about everyone else. Did we learn anything? Are you going back to our phones? Are we going back to been busy all the time? Did we learn what really matters? Will family and friends be our priorities? Did we learn to love ourselves and spread the love?

2020 was a weird year full of challenges and lessons but I also know how easy it is to get caught in the routine of life, of work, of been busy.

I write this from my point of view, from my own anxieties, from my personal questions. I am not going to lie, I am afraid that I will go back to what I was before, and I do not want to, I am afraid I will get caught up with routine, and seeing life passing me by.

I hope that I pass the exam, that all that I worked about by myself in 2020 during quarantine stays with me, I really hope that I don’t focus my attention on things that don’t really matter, I hope I do not go back on accepting less that what I deserve, I hope I don’t lose the love for myself, my dreams and my goals.

I also hope that I am not the only one afraid because if handle correctly fear can help us push forward, as it makes you fight and become courageous.

Let 2020 be the year of challenges and everything after that a better life, better choices, and better things to come, let’s not lose focus.

Read, get inspired, don’t let go of yourself, be you, and do not settle for less that you deserve.

Sincerely,
              Someone who wants to embrace change, positive change.