I have a different take from the author. I don't see things as "fine" and "worth saving", I see 40% of my life one month ago being completely irrelevant and undesirable. Shit I'm going to jettison as soon as a I can muster enough care and energy to actually do something. I'm shit at keeping in touch. My wife is constantly telling me about conversations she is having with people I genuinely love, but haven't spoken to in a year or more. We will get together with friends and have a beautiful time... and then I never contact them again. That shit right there? That's gonna change. Buying stuff instead of making it? Like food? Yeah. That's gonna change. There is a LOT of Life Before Covid that is best left in the past. I'm looking forward to 6-9 months from now, when life is "back to normal" but "normal" is significantly different and more intentional than Life Before.