As the ten years of 2020 begins to end, this quote from the movie, The Martian, seems very apt: “At some point, everything’s gonna go south on you… everything’s going to go south and you’re going to say, this is it. This is how I end. Now you can either accept that, or you can get to work. That’s all it is. You just begin. You do the math. You solve one problem… and you solve the next one… and then the next. And If you solve enough problems, you get to come home.” Mark Whatney, The Martian
This is my #TOP9 posts from 2020 instagram: full of past travels, TV segments and #COUNTeveryVOTE!
2020 has been a year filled uncertainty and changes. Michael Jordan said: “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” We have to keep practicing, keep going, keep taking chances and making things HAPPEN!
Taken on one of my neighborhood COVID19 walks around the block with my #LGV60ThinQ
Thank you to Thrive Global for publishing my articles!
Thank you to all of the scientists who created the COVID 19 Vaccine and to all of the medical teams who have been treating people with this disease. Please see information below from UCLA Health.
During COVID19, I have been honored to publish diverse voices on many topics! Please enjoy Cherice Taylor’s poem, WOW 2020, Elwood Hopkins’ Will Santa Love Me if I am Gay? and an excerpt from DreamCatchers, the new anthology from POPS club for children who are impacted by a family member’s incarceration.
Let’s say GOOD-BYE to 2020’s uncertainty and HELLO to a 2021 with 12 months of success, 52 weeks of laughter, 365 days of fun, 8,760 hours of joy, 525,600 minutes of good luck, and 31,536,000 seconds of happiness. I hope that 2021 brings you peace, joy, and happiness!
Thank you to Amy and Hotel Erwin for my birthday staycation in Venice Beach! I learned to use Adobe Premiere Pro during COVID:
WHERE CAN YOU FIND MY TRAVEL VIDEOS?
Here is the link to my video channel on YouTube where I have over one and a quarter million views on YouTube! (Exact count: 1,287,338 views) Thank you for your support! Are you one of my 2,960 subscribers? I hope you will join me and subscribe!
For more We Said Go Travel articles, TV segments, videos and social media: CLICK HERE
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Saying kaddish every day tested my faith and commitment. It made me realize that there is no room for excuses. It taught me how to show up. It taught me that my voice can be heard, even when not expected.
Good-bye 2020: We Said Go Travel News Dec 2020
Lisa Ellen Niver
Dec News 2020 with We Said Go Travel:
As the ten years of 2020 begins to end, this quote from the movie, The Martian, seems very apt: “At some point, everything’s gonna go south on you… everything’s going to go south and you’re going to say, this is it. This is how I end. Now you can either accept that, or you can get to work. That’s all it is. You just begin. You do the math. You solve one problem… and you solve the next one… and then the next. And If you solve enough problems, you get to come home.” Mark Whatney, The Martian
I hope we have solved enough problems together! I put together a post of all my articles, posts and interviews from 2020 and another one which is a decade of my content 2010-2020!
Thank you to Teen Vogue for publishing my article, “How a Swimming Lesson From Olympian Markus Rogan Changed My Life” I am thrilled to be published in TEEN VOGUE especially since I wrote for AARP first! Oh 2020!!!
Thank you to Afluencer for including me in your 10 Top Travel Influencers of 2021
2020 has been a year filled uncertainty and changes. Michael Jordan said: “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” We have to keep practicing, keep going, keep taking chances and making things HAPPEN!
Thank you to Thrive Global for publishing my articles!
Thank you to all of the scientists who created the COVID 19 Vaccine and to all of the medical teams who have been treating people with this disease. Please see information below from UCLA Health.
During COVID19, I have been honored to publish diverse voices on many topics! Please enjoy Cherice Taylor’s poem, WOW 2020, Elwood Hopkins’ Will Santa Love Me if I am Gay? and an excerpt from DreamCatchers, the new anthology from POPS club for children who are impacted by a family member’s incarceration.
Let’s say GOOD-BYE to 2020’s uncertainty and HELLO to a 2021 with 12 months of success, 52 weeks of laughter, 365 days of fun, 8,760 hours of joy, 525,600 minutes of good luck, and 31,536,000 seconds of happiness. I hope that 2021 brings you peace, joy, and happiness!
Thank you to Amy and Hotel Erwin for my birthday staycation in Venice Beach! I learned to use Adobe Premiere Pro during COVID:
WHERE CAN YOU FIND MY TRAVEL VIDEOS?
Here is the link to my video channel on YouTube where I have over one and a quarter million views on YouTube! (Exact count: 1,287,338 views) Thank you for your support! Are you one of my 2,960 subscribers? I hope you will join me and subscribe!
For more We Said Go Travel articles, TV segments, videos and social media: CLICK HERE
Find me on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and at LisaNiver.com. My social media following is now over 160,000 and I am verified on Twitter.
My fortune cookies said:
“From now on, your kindness will lead you to success.”
“Your Independence shall lead you to bold adventures.”
Stay safe and healthy! We will travel again….
Lisa
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