# 💌 Self-Reflection: My Letter To 2020
Dear 2020,
You are such a roller coaster year for many of us.
And not an exception to me.
I can't say anything more than you have been a bittersweet year.
As a mom, it's very heartbreaking to see my daughter couldn't see her friends and teachers due to lockdowns and uncertainty.
But I'm grateful that she's still happy despite this situation.
As a wife, I am grateful that my husband still can keep his job, though I know that working from home for almost a year is very hard for him.
But you know, I still have more things to be grateful for than to complain about.
And that I and my family are healthy is one of them.
There is a saying, "*Start to count your blessing and say your gratitude*".
I do this every day, every time.
But this time, let me say some of them out loud in this letter.
## 📚 Learning
- I got a year membership on [egghead](https://egghead.io/).
Not in a million years that I thought I would be able to access it (for a stay home mom without income, the membership is so out of my pocket).
Now it's one of my go-to resources for 1 whole year!
*Thank you so much, Horacio & Michael Liendo, for making this happen!* 🤗
- I took [Full-Stack Javascript Online Bootcamp by Flavio Copes](https://thejsbootcamp.com/) (I got a *huge* group discount which I could afford).
I haven't finished the entire Bootcamp, but besides going deep into vanilla JS, I've taken a dip into some frameworks and databases such as Node JS, MongoDB, Redis, Airtable, GraphQL, React, and Vue.
And because I've tried those things out, I finally decided to learn React (and eventually GraphQL and NodeJS)!
- I start the [Frontend Career Path at Scrimba](https://scrimba.com/) in September.
And I do enjoy it so far!
- I start to dive into React!
*Thank you, Bekah, for the [Epic React Fundamental](https://epicreact.dev/)! I'm forever grateful!* 😘
## 🎉 Achievement
- I finished my *first* vanilla Javascript mini-project which adding up to a few more mini-projects.
- I did my *first* open-source contribution!
I learned how to use git outside my personal project for the first time. *Special thanks to Dan Ott & Mike Rogers!* 💙
- I start to write blogs more regularly last November.
*Thank you for the initiative of the November monthly-challenge, Virtual Coffee!* 🙏
I even bought [my own domain](https://adiati.com/) way sooner than I planned!
I start to learn about Google Analytics and SEO.
For someone who just starts to write for a little more than a month, looking at these analytics makes me really happy!
## ⭐ Events, Family & Friendship
- One of the obstacles that I have as a stay home mom is I cannot do [networking](https://adiati.com/networking-and-community) and attending events in person.
But because of you, 2020, I could attend several (big) virtual events, even for free! Thank you for that!
- Thank you for keeping my friends closer, for crossing my path with these amazing people who support me tremendously in my journey, and for giving me a big new family! (*not in order*):
- Marika
- Bekah
- Francesca
- Wendy
- Frauke
- Sara Torrey
- Surayya
- Horacio
- Sophia
- Sara McCombs
- Dan
- Mike
- Meg
- Nick
- Kirk
- Debra-Kaye
- All [Virtual Coffee](virtualcoffee.io) members that I can't mention one by one, but each one of them means so much to me! ❤
So, however hard it was, thank you for still bringing beautiful things to me, 2020!
## 🙏 My Wish For 2021
I hope I could go further with my learning journey and landing a job.
I wish 2021 would be a much better year for all of us 🙏
Cheers,
***Ayu Adiati***