After 2020, Here’s How Our Priorities Are Changing In 2021

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Choosing to Make Time for Family and Friends

Last year, many of us got to spend more time with our families than we have in a long time. We were working from home and our children were learning from home. We were quarantining together, and we were FaceTiming relatives near and far to check-in.

That — in addition to all the loved ones who passed away — really helped re-focus our priorities back onto our families in a new way. Going into 2021, family should stay at the forefront. If and when we go back into our formal offices and reclaim routines of “normal” life, letting quality time with family and friends fall to the wayside might be easy to do. Although our careers, goals, and aspirations are important as well, having a sense of community and support through family and friends shouldn’t ever be taken for granted again. Making an effort to have family dinners, keep calling relatives, and clearly separating work time from family time are all great ways you can put this priority into effect.