8 Ways to Get Fresh Starts on Your Calendar

If you haven’t done these things in a year, now is the time

Annaliese Griffin
Forge

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Many of us have spent the past few weeks acknowledging the anniversaries: of the last time we went to an office, or that our children went to school, or that we ate inside a restaurant.

It’s a sad time, and a strange one, but it’s a hopeful one, too. After a long year-plus, every one of those anniversaries is for something we may be able to do again somewhat soon. Which means that right now, about a year since the World Health Organization officially declared a pandemic, is a good moment to start readying your life to expand again.

What haven’t you done in a year that would make your life better and less stressful? Here are eight tasks you probably should get to if you haven’t since the pandemic began. Think of them as a leap of faith that everything is, however slowly, getting back to some semblance of normal.

Make that doctor’s appointment

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Annaliese Griffin
Forge
Writer for

Annaliese Griffin is a writer and editor who most recently led the Quartz Daily Obsession, an award-winning newsletter. She lives in Vermont with her family.