The first year of the pandemic era was in no sense good for me, though compared to what a lot of other people experienced, it didn't suck too badly. I knew that at the time and have remained mindful of it.
- I was already working remotely, so that wasn't a change positive or negative.
- My partner and I both had continuous employment, so that was good relatively speaking, though I did suffer a 10% pay decrease for several months.
- Nobody in my immediate family was hospitalized or died due to Covid. In my extended family two people, an elderly aunt and a niece in her late teens, had severe cases requiring hospitals. Both recovered.
- The biggest minus for me— other than learning to live with a major new threat in the environment constantly— was losing the ability to travel. I had a lot of travel planned in 2020, and almost all of went up in smoke.
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- I was already working remotely, so that wasn't a change positive or negative.
- My partner and I both had continuous employment, so that was good relatively speaking, though I did suffer a 10% pay decrease for several months.
- Nobody in my immediate family was hospitalized or died due to Covid. In my extended family two people, an elderly aunt and a niece in her late teens, had severe cases requiring hospitals. Both recovered.
- The biggest minus for me— other than learning to live with a major new threat in the environment constantly— was losing the ability to travel. I had a lot of travel planned in 2020, and almost all of went up in smoke.
See also my year-end retrospective, Looking Back on 2020.