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2020 in review
Jan. 1st, 2021 08:35 amWell.
So that happened.
New Year's Eve last year I was at work for the full day instead of taking off early - I was on the phone with one of my customers getting their site setup and getting the very first e-commerce site up and running. It was a good day of Getting Things Done and a great end to a fantastic roller coaster of a work year.
This year was a personal year. March to May for me was learning how to work from home. For years my attitude was that it would be good, especially on the occasion of needing to be home for packages or other personal stuff, but I needed the social connection every day. Well. I was wrong. It took a little adjusting, and I definitely had high and low days, but overall, my team pivoted like champs.
Then in May, Mom had a seizure, and I rushed down to New Mexico. That was terrifying, but instead of a quick end, what I got was seven months of uncertainty, doubt, and grief. We lost her two weeks ago, and it's been. A relief in some ways. We never discussed death - her memory was such that it would have been a very hard conversation just to remind her of her weakness, and with no guarantee that she'd remember anything the next day. We'd talk about her and dad downsizing to a smaller place, but never mentioned that she'd never live to see the move.
I had to pull way back from social media. I had to be careful on tumblr, and Facebook was... ugh. My writing stopped again, and I managed to channel some creativity into mask making, which has recently morphed (Thanks, YouTube) into a revived interest in historical costuming.
This next year I want to work on clawing back some of that creativity, re-engage with work, and upsize my condo. Here's hoping.
So that happened.
New Year's Eve last year I was at work for the full day instead of taking off early - I was on the phone with one of my customers getting their site setup and getting the very first e-commerce site up and running. It was a good day of Getting Things Done and a great end to a fantastic roller coaster of a work year.
This year was a personal year. March to May for me was learning how to work from home. For years my attitude was that it would be good, especially on the occasion of needing to be home for packages or other personal stuff, but I needed the social connection every day. Well. I was wrong. It took a little adjusting, and I definitely had high and low days, but overall, my team pivoted like champs.
Then in May, Mom had a seizure, and I rushed down to New Mexico. That was terrifying, but instead of a quick end, what I got was seven months of uncertainty, doubt, and grief. We lost her two weeks ago, and it's been. A relief in some ways. We never discussed death - her memory was such that it would have been a very hard conversation just to remind her of her weakness, and with no guarantee that she'd remember anything the next day. We'd talk about her and dad downsizing to a smaller place, but never mentioned that she'd never live to see the move.
I had to pull way back from social media. I had to be careful on tumblr, and Facebook was... ugh. My writing stopped again, and I managed to channel some creativity into mask making, which has recently morphed (Thanks, YouTube) into a revived interest in historical costuming.
This next year I want to work on clawing back some of that creativity, re-engage with work, and upsize my condo. Here's hoping.
