The festive season always provides a good opportunity to reflect on the year that was, and look forward to the year ahead. A lot happened this year. Some of it good, much of it a continuation of the themes from 2020.

Before writing this, I dug up my Christmas post from a year ago. What struck me most, was my optimism.

To quote myself from Dec 2020, “All we can hope for is that 2021 is better than 2020. And, quite frankly, I’m optimistic that it will be.”

Obviously, the pandemic rages on...