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

And how the pandemic changed my outlook

And how the pandemic changed my outlook

Photo by Erik Brolin on Unsplash

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…