When I get overwhelmed or start wondering where the last year went, I remind myself that since March I have:

• Co-authored a book that should be published later this year
• Migrated one of the largest library digital collections in the state to a new content management platform (link later)
• Participated in the salvation of American democracy
• Added a bunch of new cities to Groceteria
• Eighty-sixed Facebook
• Rebuilt a friendship that had been dormant for almost thirty years
• Watched at least a hundred vintage episodes of “What’s My Line?”
• Become disturbingly conversant in the MODS metadata schema as well as several new XML tools
• Supervised three student capstones and independent studies
• Managed to avoid getting a COVID-related illness
• Done a few pretty good media interviews (radio, national magazine, well-trafficked blog)
• Read many good books (and bought way too many more)
• Never hoarded toilet paper and also never run out of same
• Managed three big grant projects simultaneously and remotely
• Only gained about five pounds and actually ended up with better labs than last year
• Stayed reasonably sane

Try it yourself. It helps!