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New Year Declarations: A Study in Hope or an Exercise in Futility?

New Year Declarations: A Study in Hope or an Exercise in Futility?

And how the pandemic changed my outlook

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Crystal Jackson
Dec 19, 2024
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And how the pandemic changed my outlook

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I have lived so many lives since the pandemic. I entered 2020 with incredible lightness and hope. I was in love. I had a trip planned that summer to Italy. I’d had my first book published with three more under contract. Everything seemed to be coming together.

And the whole world fell…

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