Summary: the struggle goes on from the spare room

So, after a year of lockdown I thought I should make a note of what I’ve done this past year:

1. Learned how to zoom
2. Read War and Peace
3. Wrote a guide to the Forced Labour Protocol for the International Trade Union Confederation
4. Co-wrote a report on child trafficking in Albania with OSCE Presence in Albania
5. Wrote a guide to data gathering and reporting for Albanian child protection workers with OSCE Presence in Albania
6. Wrote approximately 50 expert reports for trafficking cases
7. Used zoom to record a contribution to a panel in Trinity College Dublin on human trafficking
8. Delivered two public lectures – one on Frederick Douglas, and the other on ethical leadership – via the medium of zoom
9. Realised I didn’t really know zoom at all
10. Published my first novel, The Undiscovered Country
11. Wrote six articles for Thomson Reuters Foundation News on aspects of contemporary slavery
12. Read all seven of Mick Herron’s Slough House novels
13. Conducted two evaluations of livelihoods programmes in Myanmar (before the Coup)
14. Read part one of Don Quixote
15. Started writing a book on ethical leadership
16. Perfected making soda bread

Maybe this coming year I’ll have a chance to go for a swim again.