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2022 — Year In Review & Reflection
Goodbye 2022
Let me say this right away. I am dreading this post. Then why am I writing this? Because I always do. I have been writing an end of the year review since 2014. It’s a habit I got into since I started blogging.
But this year I don’t have anything to show.
2022 was a difficult year. I set off determined to make it my year, but every day of 2022, I lived with a feeling of lack. Lack of faith in myself. Lack of fulfillment. Lack of purpose.
Truthfully though, I did a few things this year. I did a certification in Data Analytics through Google. I absolutely enjoyed the course and finished it successfully. But when it was time to find a job, my lack of confidence got the better of me. I went back to the feeling of I was not good enough and didn’t pursue hard enough. It made me feel a lot more bitter knowing that I am giving up on something I really wanted to shine on.
My writing also took a hard hit as self doubt had me in its choke hold. I wrote sporadically this year. Not because I think blogging is dying, I don’t believe that, but because my mind was filled with self doubt. I did address it many times in my posts when I gathered the courage to write, but it still follows me around.
