December 30, 2020
It took far too many attempts to write this.
I don’t think anyone expected 2020 to go the way it did. Lockdowns, global pandemics, it throw everything we had planned for the year into question. Personally, it did change my day to day life, but it didn’t change my goals. My goals were to present another paper at a conference, and make it through my first year as a doctoral student. Both of those I managed to accomplish.
For 2021, I’m expecting a lot more time on my own. A lot of time to think, plan and work, largely in solitude. My overall goals don’t really change. I want to fight to keep working on my doctorate. I want to present another paper at a conference, and I want to feel like a real member of the Superhero Project team.
If I had my wish, I’d co-author a paper, because that is something I have never done. I want to produce work that I’m genuinely proud of. To contribute something to academic and superhero discourse that’s worth talking about. I’m hoping to read as much as I can, write as much about them as I can, and maybe even talk more to creators.
Above all, I just hope the world begins to heal.