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Goodbye 2020!

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Finally, we are here! The end of 2020. What a year this was!

Needless to say, when I wrote a post welcoming 2020 at the end of last year, I had no fricking idea this is how it was going to turn out. So much so that I’m now apprehensive about writing a post to welcome 2021 this time.. 😆

So, today’s post is just a quick look back at the year that was.

If you are thinking what else could be the highlight of the year but Coronavirus, let me tell you, despite that looming, omnipresent threat, it was not the highlight of the year for me.

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COVID-19 & Us

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Hello. Been a while. 

I last posted on this blog at the end of last year. I was hopeful for the year that was about to come. But, as life can do from time to time, it surprised me.

Though there have been some good moments this year, there have been some bad ones too.  But more than anything, it’s the big cloud that we are all living under that has cast a shadow over everything.

I’d been wanting to write at least something for some time now. And it’s not like I don’t have things to talk about. But life has been surprisingly busy this year. Or maybe I’ve become lazier. Whatever be the reason, the point is, there wasn’t enough motivation. But today, I’m taking a bath (cue the motivation-is-like-a-bath quote). 

But I can’t write about the usual stuff I post here, not yet. Talking about anything else feels like ignoring the elephant in the room. I’m, of course, referring to the crisis that the world is facing today in the form of COVID-19.

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Welcome 2020!

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So, this is going to be my last post… Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere; it’s just going to be my last post of this year. 😉

I find endings to be bitter-sweet. I guess most people feel the same way, no? These endings could be of something as trivial as a vacation or a year, or of things that mean much more – like the end of a phase of your life, a relationship, etc.

Ultimately, the end signifies something that was with you, that was in your life – was your life – for a while, and now that thing won’t be there any more. You have memories of it – good or bad, but important memories nonetheless. That association with the thing that’s ending has left an imprint on your life. You are the person you are because of it, to some extent.

And it is true that the next chapter can begin only after the previous one ends. You can’t appreciate the beauty of the mountains while you are enjoying the sun on the beach! 🙂

I had a good year overall. Grew personally and professionally. Had some important new experiences. Wish I had done better with my writing, but, now, I’m just being greedy. 😀

So, yeah. It’s sad when something good comes to an end. But that end also brings with itself possibilities – possibilities of even better things. A clean slate. A fresh start. The chance to do things not done before; to experience things never experienced before. To see things, never seen before. And importantly, to even see the same things, like we haven’t seen them before.

So, on that note, let’s wrap up this year with hope in our hearts for an even better time in the coming one. 

Wish all the dear readers of this quaint little blog, and to everyone else too, a very, very Happy New Year!! 

See you on the other side.. 🙂

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