I guess it follows that having written ‘Ten hopes for the Tens’ I should double the effort for this new decade.

As 2020 was such a tumultuous year, it also follows that I should wish to double my hopes for the remaining years of the decade – as we already have some serious catching up to do.

So, in the next decade I hope that …

1. As our children navigate their early adult life, we continue to support them in whatever ways we can
2. We are grandparents by 2030 (but definitely no pressure G&C)
3. I have helped find a cure for genetic deafness
4. I make the most of my regenerated hearing abilities
5. I make my dear departed parents proud
6. I finally grow up
7. We have not retired
8. We are still selling stuff online
9. I provide my wife with the security and peace of mind she deserves
10. I complete my ‘grand designs’ (to my wife’s satisfaction)
11. I develop healthier interests
12. I develop new skills
13. We spend extended time in the sun
14. We do more to pay it back and forward
15. We’ve seen the last of Donald Trump and his like – America’s Worst President
16. We see more of Kamala Harris and her like – Vice President Harris
17. Technology starts helping society again rather than increasingly undermining it – Tech causes more problems than it solves
18. We truly ‘build back better’ following on from the pandemic – Build Back Better
19. We truly start listening to ‘the science’ – Climate Change Action
20. We make the world a better place for our children and their children – Making the World a better place