Saying Farewell to 2021, the Year of the Meat-Grinder

After another year that failed to provide relief, how can we muster hope for the next new year?

Sarah Stankorb
GEN
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6 min readDec 26, 2021

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Photo credit: Ross Catrow

Humans are funny about the promise of a new year. I keep chuckling to myself remembering all those stories and memes celebrating the end of 2019, what many described then as literally, the worst year of my life. Oh…

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Sarah Stankorb
GEN
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Sarah Stankorb has published with The Washington Post, Marie Claire, Glamour, O, and The Atlantic (among others). @sarahstankorb www.sarahstankorb.com