#2020sucks

[iffoundreturntosea]

December 31, Day 365/366

Day 365 2015

The perks of living in a different time zone, get my last (didn't miss a day!) pic of the year with an hour to spare! Here's to a fantastic new year to everyone!

#goodbye2015 #hello2016 #happynewyear #love #peace #blessings #picoftheday #project365 #day365 #woo

I'm so proud of 2015 Carrie. She found something to help her survive and sometimes even thrive.

Day 366 2016

Getting some snuggles from my best friend. Happy New Year!!!

#caturday #kitty #cat #endoftheyear #red #green #shadesofjolly #december #picoftheday #project365 #day366 #twoyearsinarow

Day 365 2017

3 years ago I was sick in bed and decided to start Project365 with a pic of the day to give me something to look forward to. There are many days I just want to call it quits because sometimes I struggle for inspiration but I've also learned a lot about my photography! Here's to Year 4 in 2018!

#happynewyear #2018 #goodbye2017 #hello2018 #newyear #newchallenges #bringiton #threeyearsdown #glassorb #throughthelookingglass #theupsidedown #december #picoftheday #project365 #day365 #woo

Day 365 2018

Time for a new year!! See you tomorrow for the start of year five!!

#yesthechristmastreeisstillup #sparkle #glitter #time #watch #midnight #newyear #goodbye2018 #hello2019 #bokehlicious #bokeh #picoftheday #project365 #day365 #december

Day 365 2019

Yay! I have completed 5 straight years of a picture a day! I have made up my mind to not only start year 6 of pictures but to start a 10 year journal! Wish me luck!! Happy New Year peeps!!

#10yearjournal #startsomethingnew #goodbye2019 #hello2020 #newdecade #journal #theend #thebeginning #somethingnew #makeupyourmindday #december #december31 #2019 #nationalday #nationaldaycalendar #picoftheday #project365 #day365 #madeitanotheryear

They didn't say it was actually ELEVEN years! ugh!

Day 366 2020

He's so lucky he doesn't have to wear a stinking mask for real. Happy New Years everyone. Meow.

#leo #kitty #cat #furbaby #play #besafe #hessolucky #2020sucks #mask #maskup #december #december31 #2020 #thatsawrap #year6complete #anotheryeardown #picoftheday #project365 #day366

Day 365 2021

The purrfect way to end the year 😻

#leo #kitty #cat #snuggles #sleepykitty #comfy #endoftheyear #yearsevencomplete #december #december31 #2021 #picoftheday #project365 #day365

Day 365 2022

😘

#leo #kitty #cat #furbaby #icouldcallitquits #happynewyear #december #december31 #2022 #picoftheday #project365 #day365 #year8

Day 365 2023

Another year down! 😅 I'm also attempting something new...because I'm crazy. I decided to start a blog on this project to celebrate going into my tenth year! If you want to joining me on the look back each day...yes, I said day...you can find me here...

#discoball #mirrors #justme #anotheryeardown #beach #sunset #goodbye2023 #december #december31 #2023 #picoftheday #project365 #day365 #yearninedone

Well, I had one follower...Hi, Mom! But I did it! This was intensely involved time wise but I did it!

Day 366 2024

Year 10 of project 365 done! This year was a bumpy rode with a little magic thrown in. Hopefully when the fog lifts 2025 will be a smoother ride. Cheers friends and see you on the other side! *Year long theme reveal coming tomorrow!*

#rearview #dailytheme #sunrise #fog #beach #goodbye2024 #hello2025 #10years #milestone #december #december31 #2024 #picoftheday #project365 #day366 #year10

For this picture, the 2025 layer was a very foggy day we had recently and then the 2024 was a sunrise. I liked using the fog for 25 because we don’t know what is to come and even though that can be scary using the sunrise for 24 is a nice reminder that it’s not all bad. 

[wilmelmesc1945]

Doesnt make up for the f$&@ up that was 2020

[actordougjones]

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My annual bad singing Christmas video with a #2020 twist. . #merrychristmas #merrychristmas2020 #2020sucks #christmascarols #christmascaroling https://www.instagram.com/p/CJJz8TzF2-b/?igshid=4l8ty5xihk09

[ceilers03s]

Petition for Luca to make 2020 a little better by releasing all the unseen Call Me By Your Name footage!

[ilooklikepeterparker]

[dumbbirdsfieldguide]

Start enjoying 2021 now! 

Order the Dumb Birds of North America 2021 Daily Calendar!

You can wait to enjoy it until January, or just say screw it and dive in right now, because there are no rules anymore. This handsome little desk calendar is packed with dumb bird facts, birding how-to's, must-have gear tips, and bunches of new content so you can identify these annoying jerks all year round.

Makes a great gift for anyone who is interested in birds and foul language.

GIT THAT SWEET SWEET CALENDAR 

🦅Order two. You deserve it after 2020. 🦅

[waterburg3r]

How am I just finding out about this?

"Have marked this child for life and the punishment should fit the crime." Wow.

So, after rereading this multiple times, I have now confused myself over if the bill has actually been officially passed. If anyone has any information about it please reblog.

[poiitis-anonymus]

I miss those drunk conversations about the meaning of life at 3am at the back of a party

Quarantino

[iffoundreturntosea]

December 30, Day 364/365

Day 364 2015

My poor Leo isn't feeling like himself today with a possible bladder infection (hoping that's all it is)

#leo #myboy #furbaby #kitty #cat #catsofinstagram #picoftheday #project365 #day364

Day 365 2016

❤️💚 Family

#picoftheday #project365 #day365

Day 364 2017

Going places

#tracks #traintracks #empty #alone #grayskies #winter #nature #outdoors #glassorb #throughthelookingglass #theupsidedown #december #picoftheday #project365 #day364

Day 364 2018

I love sparkles

#sparkles #glitter #water #parkinglot #rain #puddle #texas #winter #wetwinter #iwantsnow #key #gold #bokehlicious #bokeh #december #picoftheday #project365 #day364

Day 364 2019

😆💕

#sister #family #silly #eyes #christmastree #branches #christmaslights #needles #fallingneedlesfamilyfestday #december #december30 #2019 #nationalday #nationaldaycalendar #picoftheday #project365 #day364

Day 365 2020

He climbed on a stool for this!

#stepday #family #foggyglasses #2020problems #color #art #trees #bright #2020sucks #besafe #mask #maskup #december #december30 #2020 #picoftheday #project365 #day365

Day 364 2021

"There is nothing foolish about hope" A great quote from one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors 💖

#hope #2022isalmosthere #quote #book #thehundredthousandkingdoms #nkjemisin #december #december30 #2021 #picoftheday #project365 #day364

Sad to see that the frames I hung up in the library have been removed. It's almost like I never worked there :/

Day 364 2022

Snip snip

#niece #haircut #donate #december #december30 #2022 #picoftheday #project365 #day364

Day 364 2023

Surface

#discoball #mirrors #light #color #shadow #reflection #closeup #december #december30 #2023 #picoftheday #project365 #day364

Day 365 2024

I don’t really care for bucket lists but it would be pretty cool if I manage to check out Croatia before this 10 year journal is completed. Where would you like to go if you had the means?

#bucketlist #dailytheme #journal #passport #dreams #december #december30 #2024 #picoftheday #project365 #day365

[aryanautblog]

Inktober day ??:

Unnecesserliy large Tardigrade! 

[kanergirl]

Remember when all of the people at this time of year last year said 2020 would be better? Well...

[fairygal11]

R.I.P Uncle Frank :(

Guys, I have some horrible news.....at 7:08pm tonight...my Uncle Frank has passed away. He was suffering from COPD-He was admitted to the hospital a few weeks ago when he wasn't feeling good. He fell down, his hands and feet were shaking, his fingers were turning blue and.......Well....sighhh~He was taken to the hospital and he was going up and down on his condition even when at first he refused the ventilator until he was on it, but then off and on again during his time there. In the day, he was getting better, but night varied......We called him and told him to keep fighting, use the ventilator and that we loved him very much and care about him. You know what makes it really hard on us? He died on my mom's birthday. And last night, I had a weird dream that I saw Uncle Frank going upstairs looking healthy and happy.......mom would tell me that sometimes if you see a loved one in a dream looking healthy....it's good, but also it means....their....leaving soon.....He was only 62 years old when he passed on.  Mom told me after she and Aunt Mary visited him this morning at the hospital (They were both allowed to see him and don't worry-CDC guidelines were followed and they washed up when they got home-so all good on keeping healthy and sanitized.) she told me that he loved me, he probably told how he loved each and every one of us.2020 is indeed the worst year of our lives.  RIP Uncle Frank. Your with Aunt ROse, Uncle Dennis and our relatives up there now.

[aidin17]

Day #624135 of quarantine

[syndestra]

One bad Relationship could make you never fall in                     love again

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[waywardcomrade]

Bad Advice

Today I was feeling bad, like I sometimes do, especially in 2020. I felt like I don’t do enough as a spouse. I just sunk into one of those “everyone would be better off without me” kind of holes where you google weird shit to confirm how awful you are.

I ended up on a site with a list of “how to be a better partner when you’re a piece of shit” or something and all the advice was “Instead of starting a hobby or trying to love your partner more, you should give your heart to Jesus instead. That will fix everything”

I just can’t believe an imaginary friend is going to fix any issues I have in my relationship. What awful advice. 

In my heart of course I know how to fix these issues. Get therapy. Talk to partner. Stick to a budget. 

But I don’t have insurance so therapy isn’t exactly obtainable for me, an American. 

I do talk to my partner, we’re fine, but I just get sad sometimes when I look at the state of things and can’t immediately fix everything. We have a budget, but our incomes don’t cover all our bills. TBH a stimulus check would fix a LOT of problems but the Senate has chosen to just sit on any stimulus package for Americans. 

My partner works in a job that puts them almost directly in the line of COVID positive people. They wear a mask and are behind plexiglass but it still worries me.

It’s just a lot. And I don’t believe in God. Advice from some website to just “force” yourself to believe is ridiculous. I can’t force anyone to not believe in God yet somehow they think it’s just a choice. That you can just choose to believe in their specific God and not feel like a complete fraud, adding to your already prominent Imposter Syndrome. 

The idea that just “having faith” fixes everyone’s problems is insane to me. I’ve known people who “have faith” who are just as depressed and lost as anyone else - and what do their church leaders tell them? Believe harder. Have more faith. Not, “See a therapist” or “Have a serious talk with your spouse” or even advice regarding self-care. Just “have faith”. Having faith isn’t going to make your life better if you aren’t willing to put in the work and effort to make your life better.

[jonesrooy-shanghai]

Ten things I learned in 2020 that I didn’t want to know and hope to soon forget

We’ve reached the end of the year and it’s time to reflect on the things we’ve learned. This year, most things I learned I hope to forget completely, but I probably won't. Here are my top ten!

Comment below (or somewhere) and let me know what you learned that you didn’t want to!

1. Only the host of a Zoom meeting can mute everyone. Is this true? I actually still don’t know for sure. I will not look this up.

2. How to make curry, sort of. I do not like to cook and I do not know how to cook, but when restaurants in NYC shut down, I, like everyone else, decided to recreate the dishes I know and love from nearby takeout locations. I hope you like vaguely spicy sludge, because that is my new specialty!

3. Live-streaming is stressful. Back when I did comedy on stages in rooms with living humans in them, I never once thought, “You know what I should do? Perform this same thing but alone in my kitchen with zero audience and a lot more worrying about my internet connection.” Now these opportunities are the highlights of my life.

4. I am capable of eating an entire wheel of vegan cheese in one sitting and I won’t even feel bad after. To be honest, I always suspected this was the case, but I never had the gall to test it until this year, which I have now done multiple times, and I am totally fine.*

5. News outlets will make vital coverage of a disease that’s killing everyone available even without a subscription. I never want to have free access to otherwise subscription-only content again.

6. Psychiatric medication is a miracle. JK I already knew that, but before the pandemic I did take myself off Prozac without consulting my doctor because I was sure I was almost better, and then had to come crawling back to her after I’d spent 600 days alone in my apartment and realized I wasn’t.

8. I am capable of being excited about dryer balls. This $12 purchase I was tricked into on the internet was easily one of the most exciting personal developments of the year for me.

9. Teaching online is way worse than teaching in person. I was one of the people who before 2020 was super excited about online learning and democratizing higher education until I actually had to do it and realized that it’s a much worse way to teach people things even if you try really, really hard.

10. If you are awake every single night from 3-5a it doesn’t really even matter. I used to always want to be in a sleep study where they detach you from time and see what your real circadian rhythm is. I’m pleased to report I’ve now gone through nearly a year of one and the results are in! My circadian rhythm is f*cked.

Well, that’s it folks! What an educational year it’s been. I hope by the end of next year I will not have thought about any of this sh*t even once.

* I am not fine, but it’s not related to the cheese (directly).

Fig. 1. Good riddance to all of this.