Is 2020 a lost year?

Or is it just disruptive?

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You have heard it in media ever since the outbreak of Covid-19; “2020 is a lost year”, “We will never recover from 2020”, “2020 is a turning point in human history”, “the only real winner in 2020 is the environment”

Okay, let's face it, we have all been affected one way or another. And it’s been a sometimes painstaking struggle to just live day by day. Millions of people have lost their livelihood and some also their home. Many have died and some of the survivors will suffer lifelong struggles because of the sickness and its consequences after recovery. All of this is of course sad and heartbreaking.

But in this article, I would argue another outlook of this year and look at how it disrupted our way of life in many ways. And I think it has as well made some aspects of our lives better too.

2020 the year we started to evaluate how we live and work

We can all realize that life has to change, and how we embrace that change is the key to how we will adapt to the future. Maybe work as we know it has to change as well as our lifestyles. Consuming and travel are areas that already have changed. And further down the line, we will see other areas change as well. What we eat is already changing, we choose healthier alternatives and more…