How to Explain Your Post-Pandemic Life Changes to the People in Your Life

New language for a new time

Julio Vincent Gambuto
Forge
Published in
6 min readJun 18, 2021

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For many of us, the last year was a major turning point. The Great Pause, and the painful fifteen months that followed, illuminated where life is letting us down, where the stories we tell ourselves are proving insufficient, and even where our dearest relationships are failing. Yes, there is…

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Julio Vincent Gambuto
Forge
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