TALES OF (DIS)COMFORT

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(Sometimes you need to rub your shoulders, hug yourself and assure yourself that you would be alright)



This is for the over-thinker, and unrepentant go-getter—and just about any other person.

On some days, we get so involved chasing goals that we forget to rest or commend ourselves for the distance we have come.

The year has been a wild one. I’m certain most did not expect most of the events that went down in the course of the year. For some, 2020 was supposed to be the year. The year to get things in order. The year to realign life. The year to effect certain changes and hit some milestones. Yes, these and many more were the expectations for this year.

Most of us would have kicked off the year with goals well mapped and thought out, and hopes of where the days would take us. Unfortunately, the year doesn’t seem to have lived up to the initial expectations. Plans got derailed—inevitably—while come came to a stop altogether. That has been 2020.

As the year slowly winds to a close, some of us like to take inventory, comparing earlier expectations with reality. Unlike past years, this reality might just be nothing close to our expectation. You probably made progress, just not as much as you desired. And yet again, you may find that certain goals and aspirations have remained unaffected by your direct actions in earlier months. The scale might be tipped in the favour of your expectations as opposed to your reality. Sad as that is, this has largely been the reality of 2020.

You would likely find the absence of notable achievements quite disheartening, it could leave you feeling a tinge of incompetency. But then, it has been a wild year. A hell of a year! Only so much laid within our control and we were reminded of our seeming helplessness. 

At some point last year, I playfully made a bucketlist for 2020—about 15 things—and each time I remember this list. I can’t help but laugh—with a hint of sadness. More than half of this list didn’t consider a pandemic rearing its ugly head.

I may have an untouched bucketlist but I have scored some wins regardless. Take stock, recognize and acknowledge your improvements and blessings (both little and big). Chin up soldier! We try again tomorrow.


Plenty people don chop L this year,

(You are not alone).

‘Mina


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