Archive: 2020

A look back at what was written and thought about during 2020 — a year that reshaped how many of us work, relate, and think about the future.

June 2020

The early summer of 2020 was a period of reflection for many people. Lockdowns had been in place for months, routines were disrupted, and the question of how to live well under constraint became urgent.

During this time, the essay Learning to Stop Complaining explored the habit of complaint — how it forms, what it costs, and the surprisingly difficult work of letting it go.

Looking Back

2020 forced a reckoning with assumptions: about work (can it be remote?), about health (what are we willing to sacrifice?), about community (who do we depend on?). The writing from this period reflects those questions, even when it does not address the pandemic directly.

The themes that recur — resilience, self-awareness, the gap between how things are and how we want them to be — are not unique to 2020. But 2020 made them harder to avoid.