Life Lessons Learned from 2020 and How to Apply them for 2021

<h2>The 10 Life Lessons I Learned In 2020 That I Want to Share So that We Can All Learn and Grow Together</h2> <p>For all of us, 2020 was a year of trials, challenges, loss, chaos, and overwhelm, but there were so many opportunities to embrace life lessons.</p> <p>As I look back and recap what I learned as I moved through one of the hardest years of my life, I want to share everything with you.  Maybe you learned the same things, or maybe you are still trying to make sense of 2020 and what’s to come from it.  Either way, I hope my experience and evaluation will help you.</p> <h3>Life Lessons #1</h3> <h5> A Choice</h5> <p>The result of any experience is what we make of it.  We can choose to be sad, angry, overwhelmed, and frustrated or we can choose to be grateful and look forward to brighter days.</p> <p>I have probably told you that in a six-week time frame we lost my grandmother who I was very close to, Daisy, our 11-year-old Goldendoodle, and my mother-in-law, whom I adored.</p> <p>Loss is never easy, but not being able to attend funerals or have hugs and share memories with family made it a thousand times worse. I still don’t feel I have closure.</p> <p>But there was beauty and peace in the fact that both grandma and my mother-in-law had faith and weren’t afraid of death. Neither one suffered for a long period of time.  Both were strong, independent, inspiring women who had dementia but were surrounded by people who loved them and left legacies for future generations.</p> <h5>Hidden Lessons and Blessings</h5> <p>Not everyone gets to experience having a wonderful grandmother in their life. I was blessed to have had her, her love, and her inspiration for so many years and I am grateful for the memories and everything she taught me.</p> <p>Likewise, not everyone gets a mother-in-law that they love and appreciate.  I’ve heard some real horror stories about mothers-in-law, and I feel truly blessed to have had a great relationship with mine. Another thing I am grateful for.</p> <p>Before our sweet Daisy passed away