When we all think of 2020, we initially think “Good Riddance!” But last night, while having dinner with friends, we talked about how for us (and we recognize that many people had terrible years in many senses of the word), 2020 wasn’t really all that bad in hindsight. Was it hard? YES. Did it push every button it possibly could? Also YES. Did it challenge us in ways we didn’t think we would be challenged. HECK YES. But 2020 has given us a lot of good things too. 

This morning I listed all the accomplishments I felt I had achieved in 2020, and the list was  longer than I thought it would be. The accomplishments weren’t all huge, but they were all significant to me somehow. Some of the highlights of 2020 have been big – Eddie started a new job and smashed it right out of the gate, I won the 2019 Best Parenting Blog by South Florida Bloggers, I secured partnerships with some household names, started a podcast with my friend Leci, and I reached 10,000 followers on Instagram. But some of the highlights of 2020 have been smaller –  Caleb lost a couple teeth, Chloe started school, we got to know our kids so much better. We grew more intimate relationships with friends because we limited our circle. 

In 2019, I did a Word of the Year for the first time, and I felt like it was so successful that I decided to do it again in 2020. I’m not sure I ever shared my word of the year this year, but it was Consistency. I applied the word to everything – my sleep schedule, my diet, moving my body, the kids’ schedules, and how I worked. It was definitely a year where it was hard to keep consistent some days, but in the end, it was worth the effort. 

So while 2020 definitely challenged us, it won’t go down as the worst year ever in my book. And at the stroke of midnight, things won’t magically be “normal” again. But the new year always brings the promise of a fresh start, new goals, and new dreams.

Cheers to the end of 2020 and to a happy and healthy 2021! 

xoxo,