2020: The Review

I could make this easy by saying “1 out of 10, would not do again” and be done with it, but in this most unusual year, let’s take the time to review the good, the bad and the ugly, because while there was a lot of bad and definitely some ugly, there was also good, and it may be instructive to see how good can come out of even very bad things.

This list may be updated as I think of more stuff. It is also a mostly non-personal big picture kind of view. I may focus on my own stuff in another post.

The Good:

  • No nuclear wars or massive asteroid impacts
  • Only one pandemic
  • Trump was not re-elected
  • Work from home meant saving lots of money and time on the daily commute
  • Trail running is a relatively safe pandemic form of exercise

The Bad:

  • There are still two days left for nuclear wars or massive asteroid impacts to happen
  • Only one pandemic is still one too many
  • Trump still got 74 million votes. What is wrong with America? It’s complicated.
  • Work from home also meant suffering through online meetings (still worth it, though)
  • Two words: Plantar Fasciitis

The Ugly:

  • All the people who died who probably wouldn’t have died otherwise
  • The dummies crying about “freedom”, refusing to wear a simple mask and helping to spread a virus that has literally affected the entire planet. Bonus points to the ones who think the whole thing is a hoax.
  • Social media continues to be a net (ho ho) negative on the world. More blogs, less Facebook.

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