2020 may be the best year of your life

Now hear me out for just a minute. We've all seen the 2020 is the worst year memes..and yes, I'm aware there's a global pandemic going around.

But what if, this is the year you look back on as the inflection point year.

The year that you really, REALLY decide to value the friends you have, your family and loved ones.

And in the areas you're feeling lonely, unsettled or unsatisfied it may be the turning point year you decide to do the thing you've always wanted to, but have been afraid to.

It's been that year for me. I consciously chose it to be.

It's the year I became a mother for the first time. That on its own has made it the best year of my life, but at the beginning of the year, I felt nothing was guaranteed.

At the beginning of this year, Australia caught on fire. I remember feeling so scared to leave the house because I was pregnant and I was choking on ashen bushfire air. Even with the windows closed, the smell of burning of forests seeped through the cracks under the door. I just prayed my baby would be protected by my womb.

It's the year I was told I had an unusually large fibroid in my uterus, and that this may affect my current pregnancy, and any subsequent pregnancies thereafter.

It's the year of the global pandemic, followed by a global lockdown, followed by the biggest economic recession in my lifetime. Enough said.

Oh and did I mention, I went on maternity leave without a job to go back on?

It's the year our house got robbed.

It's the year, I was in a car crash where myself and the driver were hit by a truck. Luckily my friend and I both survived.

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So what are my takeaways?

Well, I haven't taken anything for granted since. I feel a rush of gratitude that I'll be celebrating my 31st birthday. And even more immensely grateful to welcome a healthy, beautiful baby girl into my life.

And I've decided that this year, I wont just be grateful.

I'll turn that gratitude into action. I will start a blog and voice my opinions (here we are).

I'm also going to go and make my life happen. That means working on the development company. Paying more attention to my friends. Always, always prioritising my family. And more than anything letting go of all the limiting beliefs that have been holding me back.

What will the challenges of this year, mean for you? Let's turn coal into diamonds.