In 2021, I intend to...

…put into practice what I said to myself I would. That when all this comes to pass, which it inevitably will, I’ll do that thing that needs to be done with the people I love as well as the noisy crowds full of people I know nothing about. Maybe it’s as simple as I intend to live this year. But it’s not like I didn’t live in the last one. Again, life will be different. Suddenly a jarring new place we’ll all find ourselves in. Sitting across from someone for seemingly the first time ever without the fear of losing our health in the weeks following. Looking a person who is new in the eyes. Doesn’t matter how long I’ve known the person, it will all be new regardless. Eye to eye, beating hearts close at hand. In the presence of unpredictability and excitement, and perhaps disappointment and boredom. Either way, I intend to find out.

Prompted by the finest conversationalist I know.