- I started this journal in fall of 2020. I thought the pandemic was coming to an end. ... it's been really good for me to do this ... for the future it's going to be really interesting to listen back and get a glimpse of what this experience was like for people ... There may be people out there that listen to this some day and say wow, I didn't realize how hard it was for people to live through that -- not just the pandemic, but everything else that's happening politically, socially, environmentally at the same time ... This is a very critical moment in time, and where we pivot from here will be interesting to see.