What did I learn in 2020.

Since we said goodbye to 2020, I thought about reflecting on all that I learned in the past year and how I plan to implement those lessons into 2021. There were many lessons that I did learn.

Lesson #1, Let go. It's okay if things seem to be out of control, the time will pass and you will be so much stronger for it. In particular, your fears, theword can mean one of two things, forget everything and run or face everything and rise. You can either run away and hope and pray things will get better on their own and you will no longer have that fear, or you can face that fear, conquer it and be a stronger person for it knowing that it was worth facing because it wasn't as big as it appeared in the first place.

Lesson #2, start somewhere. You don't have to have everything in place to make something happen for you, start with what you have, and go from there. One of the things I always wanted to do was to grow my own vegetables, so I started by collecting seeds and off cuts of produce I already bought and then I started putting it into little tins with some soil and just nurtured them. Now bear in mind that I started this going into winter in the southern hemisphere, towardsthe end of the year, the garden is thriving and I have even started eating some of my own produce, it tastes delicious. I also started baking my own bread as well, home baked is always the best.

Lesson #3, embrace each day. As with doing the things you wanted to do, the same goes for your own self care, you don't need alot of time to give yourself a little break. Even going for a walk for 30 minutes will lift your mood so much. I do it all the time. Read a book or set a timer for how long you will do some work for. Take a break and do something around the house and then move k to the next task.

Lesson #4, cut yourself some slack. You don't have to look perfectlth time. You can have an off day or a lazy day. We cannot all work 24/7 all the time. Time waits for no one. Make the most of the time you have. It's okay to stop and take stock. It will give you a clearer perspective. I had a few times, I was a mess for sometimes weeks, it was horrible. I did bounce back from them by just taking it nice and slow each day. I am the strongest now as a person than I have ever been in my life. These are just some of them. There were many others but these were the primary things that I can pinpoint right now.

I tend to do alot of introspection and self reflection on a regular basis and 2020 was one of those years where it really made sense and I could just let go of so much, including not allowing things like my depression and anxiety to control me, and it did for many years. That came to an end in the last year. I'm so glad.

So think about that and consider what you learned from the past year.

Until next time, see you soon.

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