On 31 January how will we look back at the year?

[StealthPolarBear]

I think it'll be described as the year that never was.
Lots will have died.
I wonder what life will be like for everyone else.
I wonder if we'll have had a normal Christmas.
Will people have jobs? Homes? Will the NHS be running?
I know there were people affected by storms and floods who were probably sick of 2020 in January. We're less than a quarter of the way through the year and I suspect most of us are sick of it now. We'll be hoping 2021 brings better things for all.

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I’m struggling to get my head around what next month is going to be like. I’m almost too frightened to imagine how I’m going to be feeling at the end of the year!

I’d like to not be worrying about disinfecting my shopping & being able to see 2021 in with my friends and family in person not on FaceTime.

I'm not sure its going to be 'over' by then. One thing is for sure is that no-one is going to be unaffected. Everybody's lives are being disrupted, and I'm sure there will be as-yet unforseseen consequences of actions taken now (or not taken). Some huge economic consequences which will take a decade (or more) to recover from.

There will be tragedies but also some good will come out of it - look at all the people volunteering, businesses turining their spare capacity to save lives. Even something like people noticing the cleaner air and discovering their local shop could lead to changes in how we live.

And if nothing else we'll have a much better idea of what works in a pandemic.

My friend just did her 4th round of ivf. 3 miscarriages. We’re almost at the 22 week scan. If this baby is born it will be the only thing I remember about this year 💖

12 week scan

I generally look back at the year on 31 December, not 31January.....

Well, I hope to be around to look back on it. On 31 December, 31 January and indeed at the end of a lot of subsequent months.

Why 31 January and not 31 December?

31 January?

Was 31st Jan the date the first positive test came back?

I also don't think we'll be out of the woods by then, but I do think the worst will be over and hopefully they'll be starting to roll out a vaccine.

We'll be looking back with sadness and maybe relief that we made it through. We should be looking at China and asking WTF happened.

Looking forward I hope the NHS survives. I hope healthcare workers and supermarket/essential retail staff and given the respect they deserve for getting us through this. I also hope that as a population we start looking out for each other much more than what we have been.

A friend posted on Facebook about it feeling like a rebalancing is going on. I agree with her and hope it carries on.

Oops. I meant new years eve sorry. Fireworks, 'quiz of the year' and a general round up.

I’ve thought this myself. New year is one of my favourite days of the year, I love looking back on the good memories and wondering what the next year will bring. It’s morbid but when I think of it, I think I hope I’m one of the lucky ones having got through this nightmare. I’m due to get married next year, I’m so excited but I get pang if sadness when I think of it as I hope my beautiful Gran will still be here to be my Matron of Honour and my Dad too to walk me down the aisle. He’s a porter in a hospital and I’m worrying so much about him at the moment. I’m just holding onto hope that we can all get through this.