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Travel 2020
“Well, that’s different”
As we say here in the Midwest, 2020 is ‘different’ when it comes to travel for most all of us. While it is true that I proclaimed in 2019 that is was finally time for me to ‘slow down travel’, I never imagined to what extent this would happen. In January as what would be the pandemic emerged, I wrote a short piece acknowledging what I assumed would be my (lack of) travel in 2020. Here we are 8 months later and how is it going?
2020 is the first year since 2007 that I will have no international travel.
First the positive aspects.
Physical Health
Being in one place for awhile has allowed me to finally establish healthy eating and sleeping habits. I lost a good amount of weight, am eating well, exercising regularly and sleeping the best I have in years. Having zero commute time to work gives me time to shop thoughtfully (mostly farmer’s markets) and cook everything from scratch. I love grabbing a bike from NiceRideMN whenever I feel like going somewhere nearby.
Financial Situation
Working with in-demand cloud computing means that my business is fortunately still on solid footing despite the economic fallout from the pandemic. My work has shifted from aggressively taking as many…
