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Happy New Year! - I Made It!

Happy 2021!  May it be a much needed improvement over the year we've just completed - felt a bit like the longest decade all packed into 365 days, didn't it?  Traditionally, at the end of the year, there's a natural inclination to look back over the past year, failures and accomplishments, peaks and valleys, and then see what can be learned in moving forward.  However, most of us have been locked up so long that further introspection just feels like more unnecessary self-flagellation.   That said, I unknowingly decided that the year 2020 would be my first attempt at a Depth Year, and I did make it through all 12 months!  In my very first post, I defined my Depth Year as:   " I am going to attempt to take a whole year where I will not acquire any new possessions (that includes used/new-to-me) that I don't need.  Instead of accumulating more physical items, or using "shopping" as an activity (I do love thrift shopping in particular), I will instead ...