The year 2020 promised to be completely ordinary. Training sessions, industry meetings, trips, hotels, conversations over coffee, and more opportunities to gain knowledge. And then COVID-19 showed up, and within a few weeks, the world switched to “stay at home” mode. Suddenly, hotels emptied out, training moved online, and elegant conference rooms were replaced by computers sitting on the kitchen table. Instead of meetings with industry reps, we had video conferences where the biggest technical achievement was finding the “unmute” button. The pandemic also brought new sports disciplines: hunting for toilet paper, and hoarding pasta, flour, and yeast. There were also hours-long walks around the apartment searching for reasons to leave the house. The mask became a mandatory wardrobe item, hand sanitizer basically turned into perfume, and grocery shopping became an event requiring logistical prep worthy of a major construction project. And since gyms and restaurants were closed down, there was only one thing left that expanded without any restrictions — mass.
