Revisiting My Resolutions for 2020

How have the events of this year disrupted (or supported) my ambitions?

Toby Hazlewood
11 min readJun 18, 2020
Which way now? … Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

The last thing I wrote in 2019 was a speculative piece about how I would approach the new year. It seemed logical to identify 20 things I’d be trying or doing more (or less) of in the coming year. It was predictably full of good intentions and high hopes.

I doubt that 2020 has unfolded in quite the way that anyone expected — it’s certainly taken me by surprise. I thought it’d still be interesting to revisit these resolutions as we approach the mid-point of the year.

I imagine I hoped for favourable and supportive conditions as I set my intentions and goals for the new year. It’s striking though just how much the unexpected conditions and events of 2020 so far have proven to be positive and encouraging.

In this piece, I want to share the high-level goals and evaluate how they’ve unfolded so far. Some are less significant than other but they’re all included nonetheless. The full details are in the original piece.

1) I’ll be mostly following a slow-carb diet

2019 was a year like many others before it — my diet and exercise regimen had followed the usual cycle of boom and bust. I was resolute that I’d take this in…

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Toby Hazlewood

A writer, dad and husband sharing his thoughts, wins and losses to help and inspire others. https://tobyhazlewood.substack.com/