What's the best thing that happened to you in 2020? Here's what people around the world told us...
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00:00The best thing about 2020.
00:01Best thing.
00:02About 2020.
00:03The best thing about 2020.
00:05So, yes, it has been a very, very sh***y year.
00:14Me falling in love.
00:16I have the best girl in the world.
00:18And we met at a time before COVID,
00:22but we were friends then.
00:23And now, during COVID, it kind of brought us closer together.
00:27This is the best thing that happened to me this year.
00:29I found love.
00:34I started a hot sauce company with my roommate.
00:44I've learned to love myself a little bit more
00:46and get to know myself
00:47and be able to face my own challenges in my life
00:49that have been slowing me down mentally.
00:51It really allows you to stay home with your family,
00:56really learn about the small things
00:58and appreciate the small things in life,
01:00really get you back to cooking
01:02and really get you back to folding laundry.
01:07Because of the pressure of COVID and quarantine,
01:10I no longer am in a bad relationship.
01:13I drove and went to stay with my parents
01:15for about a month and a half.
01:17And it was pretty much the longest I've spent with them
01:21since I went off to university.
01:23A lot of bonding, a lot of music, a lot of dancing.
01:27And it was really great to just have that time with them.
01:29So the best thing that happened to me in 2020
01:32was to meet my all-time favorite sumo wrestler, Hakuho.
01:37Reconnecting with my little sister
01:39and meeting the future mother of my children.
01:41Remote working has been one of the best things for me
01:43because it means I can come back to Uganda,
01:45which is where I was born,
01:46and I can spend good quality time
01:49in positive environments with the people that I love.
01:53I'm going to turn this around and show you my niece,
01:55who is absolutely fantastic.
01:57I have a lot to be thankful for this year.
02:00I landed my dream job in a hospital, helping people.
02:03It kind of woke me up to how I live my life,
02:07so fast and busy.
02:10And we all had to slow down, and it was really nice.
02:13It's enabled me to really focus on my studies in climate change.
02:17And I feel like I was able to take
02:19certain volunteering opportunities
02:21that I wouldn't have had the time to do
02:23had I had a social life.
02:39One of the best things that happened this year
02:40was reconnecting with my mom and sisters over yoga.
02:43We started doing daily Zoom yoga sessions,
02:46and it was a really lovely time.
02:48Spent a lot of time with my family.
02:50And my best friends here in Brussels.
02:53The best thing to happen to me in 2020
02:55was also coincidentally the hardest,
02:57which was to move to a new country
03:00for a new job in the middle of the pandemic.
03:03I think the most important thing that I learned in 2020
03:07was to not take anything for granted.