{"id":6083,"date":"2021-01-02T18:34:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T02:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=6083"},"modified":"2021-01-02T18:34:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T02:34:39","slug":"year-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=6083","title":{"rendered":"Year 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2020 was&#8230;as I wrote on my retrospective thing&#8230;a year of <i>let&#8217;s not do that again<\/i>. Honestly, it wasn&#8217;t a complete dump fire for me. Rather, it was through a lot of ups and downs, especially as I craved more quiet moments. And the environment that allowed Chris to recover. Somewhat.<\/p>\n<p>There were the years <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=1624#more-1624\">2005<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=1966\">2006<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2207\">2007<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2429\">2008<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2777\">2009<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3331\">2010<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3828\">2011<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=4147\">2012<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=4555\">2013<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=4969\">2014<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=5298\">2015<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=5604\">2016<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=5786\">2017<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=5887\">2018<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=5978\">2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>May 2021 be better. For everyone. But the writing stuff, that it stays on the same trajectory of growth and success.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i>January<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2020reflectionpost\/january.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Taking a leap into good and bad<\/p>\n<p><i>February<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2020reflectionpost\/february.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>A gift that may foreshadow what is to come<\/p>\n<p><i>March<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2020reflectionpost\/march.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>I was only amused by this during an Artist Date<\/p>\n<p><i>April<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2020reflectionpost\/april.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Our ringer on our trivia team rises again<\/p>\n<p><i>May<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2020reflectionpost\/may.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>I am okay, maybe even happy, with doing this virtually<\/p>\n<p><i>June<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2020reflectionpost\/june.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Fight the good fight<\/p>\n<p><i>July<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2020reflectionpost\/july.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>I thought that I had to put on pretenses, but it turned out to be better than expected<\/p>\n<p><i>August<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2020reflectionpost\/august.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>We are surviving<\/p>\n<p><i>September<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2020reflectionpost\/september.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>The darkness suffocates<\/p>\n<p><i>October<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2020reflectionpost\/october.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>But if you speak up, if you take action, it can make a difference<\/p>\n<p><i>November<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2020reflectionpost\/november.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>There is light at the end<\/p>\n<p><i>December<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2020reflectionpost\/december.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Celebration doesn&#8217;t have to be the same<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 was&#8230;as I wrote on my retrospective thing&#8230;a year of let&#8217;s not do that again. Honestly, it wasn&#8217;t a complete dump fire for me. 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