20 Things We Will Not Miss from the Past Year

• Movie releases being delayed
• Toilet  paper being out of stock 
• Not be able to dine indoors
• Lines outside of stores
• Having Covid be the subject of every conversation
• Being dependent on screens and the internet to be entertained
• Zoom fatigue
• Limited social interaction 
• Being scared of people coughing in public
• Online school
• Having to wear a mask
• All these guidelines and safety precautions
• Checking election updates every hour
• Panicking whenever you feel even slightly sick
• The time that we couldn’t spend with a far-away family member
• Australia’s bushfires that have killed 500 million animals
• West coast wildfires
• The countless police brutality cases
• Being scared for the health of our loved ones
• Trump being in office

20 Things We Are Looking Forward to in the Next Year

• Marvel’s “Black Widow” coming out in May
• “Friends” reunion coming out in March
• Seeing movies in theaters
• A new start for small business
• 2021 Summer Tokyo Olympics
• Restaurants opening again
• The release of more PS5 games
• Being in the audience for concerts and sporting events
• Going back to Universal Studios and Disney parks
• Being able to travel safely and comfortably
• Being able to try on clothes at stores again (no more wrong sizes and returns!)
• Getting out of the house more
• Going back to school / Sitting in a classroom to learn
• Seeing people in person again
• (Hopefully) the news will not be full of negatives
• Holiday gatherings in person
• Vaccine distribution 
• Sickness rates and death toll going down 
• Hugging
• First woman of color as the vice president of the U.S.