I’ve felt kind of guilty about my 2020. On a global and national level it’s been so terrible. And it’s certainly been stressful and terrible on a personal level in many ways as well. But it’s also been a year where I’ve done so much good for my life and set myself up for a great 2021.
- I came out publicly about my gender identity
- I changed my name
- I finally got out of retail (admittedly I now don’t have any income, but one step at a time)
- I started working on serious writing projects for myself again and hope to share some of them with you in 2021
- I kept a podcast going
- I learnt how to edit videos (and so much more) and started the Unramblings YouTube channel
- I started a Patreon for Unramblings, made extra content for it, and some people believed in us enough to support it
- I started seeing a therapist and working more proactively on my mental health
- I found confidence to make some larger moves in how I present my gender to the world
Ultimately, I got a clearer sense of what I want to do going forward and I’m moving towards it, through projects, job applications, and all sorts of self-improvement.
So I guess 2020 was my year of getting ready, sorting some things out, and I’m ready for the next year now.
Happy new year!
<3 I have similar feelings about the year. It was rough and weird and painful and scary, but I ended it in a much better emotional state than the prior year. My progress is slow and sometimes erratic, but it's still progress.