2020. The year that we will all remember forever. The year our great-grandkids will read about for years to come in their history books. The year that no matter what you had going on, you struggled and went through hard times. I have always done a year end recap on my blog, but this year seems a bit more overwhelming to put into words.
When I think back on 2020, here are my actual thoughts that circulate through my mind:
2020 was my third full year of living back in Indianapolis. Kobe died and I started re-evaluating my priorites. My life was so fast paced and I never stopped to be with my own thoughts. I traveled a lot. Quarantine happened and I was suddenly a home school teacher with nothing but time on my hands. My kids were confused and stressed and I struggled with how to help them cope with the uncertainty of everything. I was unhappy in my marriage and finally made the decision to get divorced. It was the hardest decision I have ever made. Life as I knew it for 15 years suddenly changed. My last living Grandparent, my Grandpa, died during quarantine. I had to do the most heartbreaking thing and climb in a window to say goodbye to him. Just a few days after we broke the news to our daughters about getting divorced, my good friend Chris was brutally murdered during the BLM protests. I moved out of my house and into an apartment on my own. I struggled with living alone and figuring out divorce and my new schedule of seeing my daughters only 50% of the time. I started coaching cheerleading again and I also started my own company. I finally began to feel at peace again and life had a whole new meaning to me.

So, now for the official re-cap:
I started off 2020 with a long list of personal and fitness goals. I was laser focused on all things physical, as I was still recovering from an injury in early December of 2019. I was determined to get in the best shape of my life.
2020 started off on a great note, and then I remember the moment when Kobe Bryant died, and so much in my world shifted. Kobe’s death really rocked me and I suppose you could say it set the precedent for 2020.