Hey guys, and happy Tuesday! I am so excited to be back on a normal blogging schedule. I only blogged a few times last month. I can’t believe that 2020 is finally over. Thank goodness. It was such a weird year. And while I know 2021 is guaranteed to be perfect, I definitely feel hopeful about what is to come.
2020 started out full of hope and ambition. I really wanted 2020 to be a big year for me. And while it didn’t go as planned, it did have a few shining moments. So, today, I’m sharing how 2020 really went.
In January, I went back to school. I started student teaching, and I loved it. Doing my student teaching really solidified that I was meant to be teaching. I loved 2nd grade!
February was good too. At this point, The Bachelor was in full swing. So, I was getting to see some of my girlfriends on almost a weekly basis. (Which is a Godsend when you don’t get to see them much.)
And then March happened. I was almost finished with student teaching. I had plans to take one of my big certification tests as soon as I finished. Then I was going to work for the rest of April/May. But that isn’t what happened. The last day I saw my sweet kiddos in person was March 13th. I had no clue when I left the school that day that the next time I would be there would be in June, just to drop a computer off.
The rest of March was spent staying up entirely too late, wondering when this pandemic would end, and watching an insane amount of Love Island and Tiger King. (Which is honestly the biggest hot mess I have EVER seen lol). And I threw myself into my blog.
Last year, my blog was one of the biggest blessings for me. In all the crazy and chaos, it was a constant. I wrote over 100 blog posts last year, and it really just gave me an insane amount of joy in a time where joy was hard to come by.
I am also very thankful for TikTok. (LOL) I’m pretty sure that we can all agree that TikTok is entertaining, to say the least. I also think that it’s cool that TikTok gave us this sense of “togetherness” when we really needed it.
I daydreamed a lot about traveling when the pandemic is over. (I’m still doing A LOT of that!)
I wrote a lot, not just blogging. So, I have always loved writing. One day, I would love to even publish a book or a few. I spent a lot of time brainstorming and writing in 2020.
March, April, and May seem to blur together in my mind. I finished my last undergrad assignment and finished college at some point in April. I honestly can’t even remember when it was. And then my school canceled in-person graduation.
I was pretty devastated. I’m the first person in my family to graduate from a 4-year college. To me and to my family, it’s a huge accomplishment. I wanted to share that with my family, and I wanted to celebrate.
I did get to see my friend group at the beginning of May though. I picked my diploma up and took some pictures with my girls. It made me so happy to see them!!
By June, I was starting to stress about getting a job. I had been anticipating already having a job before graduation or at least having one soon after. That wasn’t the case.
This was around the time of the tragic killing of George Floyd. I, like many Americans, watched as another person died as a result of police brutality. I decided that I was going to use my platform here and on IG to educate myself and others. As a Christian, I can’t sit on the sidelines when people are being treated unfairly. I saw a generation rise up, protest, and demand change. Black Lives Matter today and every day.
Over the summer, I felt myself beginning to shift in so many ways. I was educating myself on several different issues and finding out information on my own. I also felt my style/aesthetic begin to change.
I found a job like a week before school started. I was VERY thankful. I’m teaching from home and I love my 4th graders so much! It’s been great.
In August, I decided to rebrand my blog. I went from The Monogrammed Em to Emily’s Style Edit. And I couldn’t have been happier with the change. I looooove it! I hope you guys love it too.
And then it was November, and I voted in one of largest elections in US history. I celebrated doing my constitutional right and celebrated hope for a better future.
I definitely ended 2020 more hopeful than I had been in months. I’m still hopeful for a better tomorrow and that one day, things will return to normal (Or a new normal).
Thank you for following along with me in 2020. Having this outlet made 2020 a little less scary. I am so excited to see what 2021 has in store!
Thanks for reading!
