# Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022.  Photo by [Anders Drange](https://unsplash.com/@_space?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit) I'm back doing some weeding in my digital garden in Obsidian again on New Year's Day and came across a private post I did last year today (ref 2021-01-01_1024 2020 Reflections). It was the obligatory End of Year post spent commenting on all the things I did this past year and where I spent my time. In 2021, I clocked over 2800 hours: - 800 hours or 29% for World IA Day - 616 hours or 22% on IAC21 - Nearly 400 hours to the DIA Apprentice program - About 530 hours of actual paid work contracting ![[timeSpent2021-3.png]] Caption: Donut chart showing the top 3 areas where I spent my time: World IA Day, IAC, and DIA Design Guild. Alt: Donut chart showing the top 3 areas where I spent my time: World IA Day 29% (801 hours), IAC 22% (616 hours), and DIA Design Guild 14% (381 hours). _How does this compare to 2020?_ About 700 more hours clocked doing pro-bono, volunteer work. Revisiting this, thinking about how I'm spending my time, I'm not questioning whether the time spent was worth it because I know that it was spent helping people, doing what I can, no matter how little, to give a little light, a little hope, on a never-ending quest to find purpose, identity, and place/space. I wrote last year that > 2020 has led me to see clearly who I am, where I am in life, and how I am lacking and persevering. I've survived 2021, yet another year, in a world of toxic positivity, misinformation, disinformation, and dysfunctional communication. SO MUCH TO UNLOAD there so I'm just going to step quickly away. Sometimes I think that I'm not moving fast enough. Sometimes I think that there's just too much to do and not enough time in the day. Sometimes I just want to give it a rest and spend a day or two binging a drama. And so I do. Happy New Year, 2022. Let's take a step back this year. Next thing you know, I'm doing crazy things with [World Information Architecture Association](https://worldiaday.org/?ref=graceglau.com) and [DIA Design Guild](https://diadesign.io/?ref=graceglau.com). Beautiful, uplifting video edit from AvenueX of 2020 Chinese dramas https://youtu.be/FBoG9nfJQXA Last updated: 2022-01-01