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>COVID was a relatively minor example of this, not even close to an extinction event - how pleasant was existence during that time?

For me it was mostly terrific. We had increased streams of revenue and were food secure for the first time in a decade. Meetings I dreaded due to crowds were streamed online.

And the roads were blessedly, amazingly, wonderfully travelable.

The housing crisis in 2021 was another matter entirely. Our long term rental was sold and what few listings there were got 400 hundred applications - every day.

2020 was excellent for us. 2021 was a slow moving, panic-strewn nightmare.