Hi @frog, good to be chatting again after some time. Thanks for tagging me in.
Haven't seen the thread you mentioned but love the title. '2020 is done and dusted all my troubles are over'. I too was hoping for better from the start of this year. I've been struggling extra hard with health problems, awaiting NDIS assessment which I am ambivalent about and get angry at a drop of a hat with it. Feels like Centrelink II.
Focusing on what goes right seems a good way to life the spirits. Since the start of 2020 I have been using a fantastic app called 'Presently', free with no ads. It prompts you everday to say something you are grateful for. Some of my entries are one word, up to maybe three paragraphs. It's not like it fixes you or even arouses much feeling at all with each single entry, sometimes it does. The benefit is that after a year I realise my blessings small and large are possibly endless. That is one thing I generally feel good about.
Aside from that, I agree with @Appleblossom that being realistic about the pandemic is the best way to go. It's still early days with the vaccines in a way. Still so many unknowables about the future. Trying to be philosophical in a big way may be helping me, and enjoying the times when I do feel pretty good. We are living a big moment in future history.
Hi @Judi9877 the Mallacoota images remain in my mind strongly.
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