What was 2020 like for a single woman living in Spokane with her dog? Zero family in my timezone and sent home to work three months after the start of a new job? This post isn’t about the world and all the drama that ensued in 2020. This is about my 2020.

I was sick once for many years, unable to live my life the way I wanted and that was the most painful thing that I have ever had to experience. I always knew I’d figure things out on my own and get better, I had to. After having gone through what I went through http://brewlifewithlyme.blogspot.com/ there was no doubt that I needed to live my life to it’s fullest because I’m now able bodied to do so. All those years I could have been thriving I was only surviving.

After getting past my health struggles with chronic Lyme disease and getting better 2020 wasn’t going to stop me and neither will 2021. After all this is The Free to Be.

Yes, this past year has come with challenges but they were malleable. Right after being sent home from work I passed a licensing exam and got a promotion within 10 months of working with my new company. It is exactly what I set out to do this year in my work life. Although I spend 7.5 hours a day 5 days a week doing my work life it only consists of 5% of my actual life in my mind. My hobbies, health, and social life take center stage.

I didn’t live my life much different in 2020. Watching the news is something that only happens in Cleveland with my mom, after a night out with the long-timers. A sense of panic is something I have yet to experience in regards to this pandemic and I guess I see life through a different kind of lens. A sense of calm is something I keep bringing myself back to in times of stress or negativity because I need it to be in that spot for my health.

Overall I continue to live and I say that with force. When gyms close I make them in parks, my living room, the amphitheater down the block. Gyms are a big deal to me, they’ve been a constant in my life and as nutty as it sounds an unspoken family to me wherever I may wonder. Hiking and getting outdoors is what I do most and I have a group of friends who meet every Wednesday to drink champagne, make dinner, and have laughs. Throughout this pandemic there’s been lows and highs but at times it’s been nice to step back and focus on myself. I’m spending a lot of time with that biatch and I would totally be friends with her. Just sayin.

Being single in Washington, away from family I’m thankful for the people in my day to day life and I can’t wait for this shit to be over. Mamma needs a marg in a restaurant but most importantly a vacation far far away.

I hope you’re able to find calm among the chaos. It’s much sweeter here. But hey, you do you.