11 January 2022 - Review of the Year 2021
It's that time of year again when I take a look back over another year and reflect. Overall, 2021 was a positive year, especially compared to 2020. I think my mindset has also changed and I now celebrate the small wins. At the start of the year I had some time and so I decided to give back and volunteer with my local health service. The pandemic was still raging high and our health service was feeling rather battered (as it is now, as I type) so I put on my big girl pants and helped out at my local hospital, visiting Covid wards and 'normal wards' to give wellbeing support to the worn-out frontline staff. I later also volunteered at local vaccination centres helping thousands get their jab. The atmosphere in both locations were poles apart; from exhaustion and fear in the hospital to hope and excitement in the vaccination centres. After a rather poor response to the pandemic by the English Government, their action on vaccinating the population did give rise to hope and th