Jenna Decker

Letting Go

“Stay home, stay safe.” “Self-quarantine.” “Social-distance.” “Required to wear a mask to enter.” “Six-feet apart.” These words and phrases have become a social standard in the year 2020, a never ending headline. COVID-19 has brought the world to a grinding halt and created a new normal. 2020 was the year for jobs to go remote. The year for people to stay away from each other and participate remotely in activities. There were some bonuses to everything being shut down: more time with the people that we live with, more time to focus on hobbies and home improvements, and more time to binge watch our favorite shows. Yet many would say this year has been one of the worst of their lives. Many lost loved ones. Furloughed jobs turned into unemployment. Stimulus money ran out. Isolation created a healthy physical environment, but also the perfect breeding grounds for both anxiety. 2020 is a year that will go down in the history books.