It is coming to the end of the year. The time of the year where we start to see posts of all the great achievements, how people smashed their goals and did more than they expected. There is nothing wrong in celebrating your wins and being proud of your journey. It is something I strongly advocate for. However it is easy to get lost in other people’s achievements and feel like you are not worthy because you don’t have a list of tangible win after win.
I want to remind you that this year has been like no other and surviving is enough. Let’s be real! 2020 has been a struggle for many of us mentally and physically. It has touched everyone one way or another. Coronavirus came and changed our lives as we knew it and we had to learn to adapt to a new way of living.
You may have smashed all of your financial, health and work goals or maybe you didn’t. Maybe you learnt something new about yourself or maybe you survived the year. All these things are worthy of admiration.
To be honest, I have felt that 2020 has taken a year of my life. I haven’t made any real progress and I’m not where I hoped to be. The reality is we have lived, worked and raised children through a global pandemic. That is an achievement. Maybe not measurable or tangible in a way we are use to but it is still a great achievement.
Instead of viewing 2020 as a lost year, maybe try to view it as a year in which you survived. We shouldn’t take that for granted, so many of us, through no fault of our own, have not been able to see it through.
In 2021 we will still be battling with this devastating virus that distances us from those we love and steals people before their time. I hope we learn better ways to live with it and how to stay connected with each other. I’m accepting that Zoom is here to stay. It doesn’t replace face to face contact but it is something.
You have survived! You are here and breathing and putting one foot after the other to greet a new day even on the darkest days when you have had enough.
You made it.