My 2020 lessons learned 

I’m sure that like most folks, that just before midnight on December 31, 2019. All that I could anticipate was that 2020 would be  nothing other than a year of wonder and excitement as we entered into a new decade. However, 2020 had some tricks up its sleeve that none of us were expecting. Yes, we entered into a global pandemic, a political melee,  social disturbance and those were just the things that were happening outside of  my doorsteps. Within my home I became a full-time elementary teacher and this change really grounded me and ultimately it was for the better.

In 2020, I launched my series  of  90-day planners,  The Gift Called “Me”  and this was the start of making my business Christal Clear Vision a full reality, this has been something that I have dreamt about for years. As much as I was thinking that I would “work” the business, the business actually turned out to be working on “ME”. I started this business to be a source of strength and encouragement for women over 40 who have various tasks of being a mom, a wife, a sister, an aunt or care-taker of aging parents. All of these things add enuremable stress to our life on top of trying to feign out successful careers and finding time for self-care. 

However, 2020 allowed me the needed rest, to really focus on my visions for my business, for myself and for my family. I think that is the greatest gift of all in 2020 was rest. Our world was forced to slow down and I think we all really needed that to better understand ourselves, our neighbors and our purposes.

 Not only were many given the gift of rest from the world’s hustle and bustle it also reignited the importance of relationships. Relationships are quintessential. Relationship is what God wants from us.