2020 - Reflections

I started writing one of my usual end of year wrap ups. (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, )

I wrote about how I knit x amount, I read z amount, but it just wasn't that interesting. I did keep knitting and reading during this "unprecedented year" but I think the interesting this is the things I did this year that I don't do all the time. Also, it's not my productivity that is interesting, but what I learnt and how I grew. The only stat I value is my stashcount - which is around 12,534 meters, almost exactly the same as the end of all those years. I didn't stress shop my way through the pandemic, I bought the same amount of yarn as I knit, which is quite pleasing, although since I knit over 20 kilometres of yarn, that's still plenty of room for shopping!

These were things that stood out this year: In 2020 I sewed more than usual - for wildlife, masks (endless masks) and some oven mitts. It was very satisfying, even though sewing masks was full of feelings.

I randomly started spinning again. I hope I continue, because I joined Ixchel Bunny's fibre club, so there are packages arriving over the next three months.

I started running again, and ran more volume than when we trained for a marathon. From the day it was announced that we had to wear masks outside unless running, I have consistently run three times a week.

I trained for and succeeded in a freestanding handstand.

Looking forward I am going to go swimming in the sea - not open water swimming, just putting my bathers on and splashing around St Kilda beach. Other than that I have no concrete plans. I will continue to read and knit and crotchet and sew and spin as the mood takes me. Even in the strangest year I've experienced, even in lockdown (especially in lockdown) I got to continue to do the things I love. Now I can do those same things in other places, which is even better! Happy 2021.

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