There’s no denying that 2020 was a year of tragedies. I’m grateful that those I care about made it through, even the ones who did end up catching the virus. I’m also thankful that this year begins my adventure into the world of mortuary science.

While nothing ended aside from the calendar last night, I am choosing to be optimistic about this year. Things will be better and we will accomplish good things. We survived everything that was thrown at us in 2020, even if it doesn’t feel like it sometimes. That matters.

For fun, my friends and I have been making random predictions about this year. The rules are: it can be anything at all and try to avoid pessimistic predictions—it’s supposed to be fun! Here’s mine: a new animal is going to be discovered in Argentina and it’s not what you would expect. Feel free to throw your own predictions out in the comments!

Best of luck to everyone this year, it’s quite literally all uphill from the last one!