2020 was a a challenging, transformative and a life- changing year. At the beginning of 2020, things were normal. I was born in January, so throughout the whole month, I was looking forward to my birthday and having a good time with friends. My birthday came and passed, and it was great, yet little did I know that would be the last time I would be able to hang out with anyone or at least a huge group for the foreseeable future. The year began great and progressively got worse and worse. I love going out and rarely stay in, so this lockdown that occurred was challenging in more ways than one. Over the course of the coming months, the world was not faring better. We began to see injustice within our own system, granted it had always been there. Still, I felt the fact most Americans now we’re home watching television and news more often because this protest that occurred all over the globe. Everything shut down very abruptly so during this pandemic as I was all the time,  I picked up a hobby that I had previously dropped, ‘Painting.’ There is no better time, I guess, to revisit something you lost when you are forced to stay home. My sister is studying to be a designer, so acquiring the materials to paint was relatively easy and plus having her do it felt really reassuring. I have the best moments of my childhood with my grandfather, where we use to spend a lot of our time painting and grading each others work. It was so calming and a wonderful feeling. It was really a tough time for everyone, but if you see it in a positive side the pandemic has taught us to live life unapologetically, be grateful and count every blessing.