Reasons for optimism after a difficult year

2021 was an incredibly hard year for many people, including me, but I’m hopeful that 2022 will be better.

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Reasons for optimism after a difficult year

By Bill Gates | December 7, 2021

This has been the most unusual and difficult year of my life. (I suspect a lot of the people reading this might say the same.) 2020 had a brief period of relative normalcy before COVID-19 upended everything. In 2021, the pandemic has dominated our lives since day one. We’ve all had to adapt to a “new normal,” although what that looks like is different for every person.

I’ve experienced a number of big transitions recently, but they haven’t changed why I love the work I do. As this year comes to a close, I sat down and wrote about some of the things that are top of mind for me heading into 2022. My new year-in-review post covers everything from how the rapid digitization brought on by the pandemic will shape our future to what we can learn about progress from the climate conversation. (I got so excited about two of the subjects—COVID heroes and education technology—that I wrote separate posts about them.)

You can read my end-of-year post here.

Thank you for being an Insider. I wish you and your loved ones a very happy holiday season.

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