What a 365 day spin it has been!
I don’t know about you, but I am having a hard time when I speak lately knowing what the year I am talking about. 2019 stuff is really getting jumbled the words last year (2020), then I stop myself to remember that it is 1 year plus, and not losing a year even though 2020 felt like it was 5 years long.
1 year ago, was a great event for me at The Honda Classic Golf Tournament in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Golf, Lilly Pulitzer and 400women at an empowerment conference with Bozoma St John as one of our guest speakers. That was right before Boz went to Netflix.
This was followed up the next week by working a convention at the Swann and Dolphin Hotel at Disney World in Orlando. In that week between events, panic had already started and life was starting to change. People were taking about the big C and fear was growing daily. My first hotel night had the pool and bar area bustling all day and night with lots of noise and happiness. 4 days later there was silence and people avoid the elevators and already distancing before it was a thing.
I stayed at the hotel but driving to my family’s home an hour away. Everyone else flew or drove from other states and Canada. Everyone was getting calls from family urging them to skip things and get an early flight home, wash and stay away from people. There was real panic in every word.
Now as I think about the anniversary of this crazy time, I think about the many things I did and learned while being locked down. Like many it was tough and we lost friends and family too. Luckily we did not get COVID and today my dad got shot #2. My mom is too ill with many things and active shingles right now.
I did have my down times throughout the year. And I accomplished many things including starting this and making 2 websites, learned other work skills (real level up work and learning) started taking French classes and started all my design classes I never had time for, started online fitness classes, cooked tons of meal and tried new recipes, crocheted hero frontline worker bears for those risking their lives at their jobs during this time and I wrote a couple of books I am now illustrating.
Thankfully due to a garage mishap, we did get to take a short trip to Sarasota for a few days while the toxic fumes were fading. A nice safe hotel trip to one of my favorite hotels and cities.
Cheers to making it through the last year and prayers to remember and honor those we lost during this time.
I declare we should start a new tradition March 1st to get the ground running on being happy and getting motivated to have a great year. I know officially it all starts a new Jan 1. The cold dark and gloomy days of winter are hardly a good motivator to get going on al the NEW stuff. march 1 seems like a great time to re-charge the RE-NEW/YOU.
xo, Tracy Lynne
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