Memoro MMXX, Praedico MMXXI

There is no doubt that 2020CE was a very difficult and challenging year and even in the relative safety of living well in an advanced economy, it still took its toll. Personal reflections on the year that recalls these challenges, yet also recalls some small successes along the way. Knowing all to well that our times are remarkably fluid (considering how little travel we do) and recognising that hard predictions are always off, there are justified reasons for some ambiguity in planning for the year. Nevertheless, once again, a summary of my personal life in the past year and thoughts about the coming year.

( Signs and Portents )

Despite the new year heralding a vaccine (of sorts) for COVID-19 and a new occupant in The White House who isn't completely deranged, I am concerned that 2021 will actually be worse than 2020 as the rate of daily new cases and deaths continues its upwards trajectory, especially in developing countries. The global economy, in this wake, limps along in a lacklustre fashion. The stage is set for some determined, global, interventions, but the political will is lacking. The personal is political, the political is personal. As reflective as I may be looking inwardly, I am so very aware of how public policy, such as health policy, can have very real and visceral effects on the lives of others.