As the New Year approaches, I look back – as I do every year – and realize how fortunate I am to be here in the United States, to have my incredible family, to have a job I love, and to be relatively healthy. I’ve lost several friends to health issues or freak accidents this year, and my elderly parents aren’t doing super well. I worry, I stress over finances, but overall, I feel myself privileged and downright lucky that I live in this country that has given me so much and allowed me to work, achieve, earn, and succeed.