Winter is Coming....
As we rein in what a few weeks ago we let loose, and we're faced with several months of real constraint - back to working from home as default, restricted visiting, explaining to our grandchildren why my wife can visit them, or I can, but not a the same time (they don't get it either) I think our horizons understandably shrink. We go from being global economic warriors to relative villagers.
We notice more of what goes on around us. Concerned people, people who have been made, or are in danger of being made redundant. We get to know the Amazon delivery driver better as he wanders past our window whilst we're sat there in a Zoom meeting again. Personally I know three reasonable size business owners who are biting the bullet and either selling their offices or terminating leases in favour of smaller, easier and cheaper to get to occasional meeting spaces.
For many, our world is getting smaller and I think it's no bad thing. Communities matter when it's where you're goi…
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