Revisiting 2020 — End of Year Recap

It is the last week of 2020, so I figured it was time to review my 20 for 20 list. In other words: I’ve been avoiding this because I didn’t think I accomplished too many of my goals, and have now run out of time to avoid it.

I can blame some of the misses on the global pandemic but must attribute others to laziness and complacency. And still others to a cancer diagnosis midway through the year that turned my life upside down and shifted my focus away from things that no longer mattered to me. Like my weight. And calligraphy. Anyway, here’s what I did (italicized) and didn’t do.

1. Go to the west coast. Nope.

2. Learn to play the ukulele. Nope. I did try a few times, but I’m musically challenged. Lil learned a few songs though, so that makes me happy. And Alex can play everything. So I still have ukulele music in my life even though I am not the one playing it.

3. Get to a comfortable weight and stay there. Nope. But I threw my scale away, so I’m calling that a win.

4. Take a girls’ trip with my best friend and my daughters. Although it wasn’t technically a girls trip, it was a fabulous vacation with my girls and my best friend and the rest of our people.

5. Travel somewhere for a book signing. This didn’t exactly happen as planned either, but some of my…