The 10 Things 2021 Taught and Gave Me

A Year of Experimentation Led To (Mostly) Positive Results

One of many trees I sat under and cherished in 2021. (Photo: Author)

I fess up: I follow astrology. I’m even doing a podcast series about each of the astrological seasons. I think astrology is amazing.

Good, now that I’ve just lost 80 percent of my audience, I can speak to those of you who aren’t the type to dismiss a man just because he has an interest in something too many in our culture dismiss out of hand.

Anyway, it wasn’t until the fall of 2019 that I began to seriously follow this ancient art/science. And, well, if you read my “The 8 Valuable Lessons 2020 Taught Me,” you’ll see that by following astrology, I learned some very valuable lessons which helped me navigate the stormy seas of 2020.

So entering 2021, an astrologer I follow said her theme for the year was: “Trial and Error.” Her advice was to use 2021 as a grand experiment. Don’t hold onto outcomes, don’t stick with things if they aren’t working and see where it all takes you.

Turns out that was pretty good advice! Did I always follow it? Of course not, silly! I am human, after all. Then again, maybe being human proves the point. For if there’s one thing I feel I’ve learned in my 48 trips around the sun, it’s that we humans are here to learn from our experiences, to discover ourselves…