Stop Waiting for Things to Go ‘Back to Normal’

As history tells us, there’s no such thing

Ryan Holiday
Forge
Published in
4 min readDec 30, 2020

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Woman walking down a leaf-strewn path.
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We’ve all heard it at some point this year, and have probably even said it: “When things go back to normal… ”

I found myself having such a thought this very morning as I took my sons for our daily walk. It’s understandable, of course. Life right now feels very strange. A pandemic has…

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Ryan Holiday
Forge
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