# 29 things I learned this year (2020)
2 min readDec 4, 2020
- Zoom weddings happened
- How to apologize: quickly, specifically, sincerely
- Businesses focused on spending time outdoors are growing rapidly
- E-bikes are here to stay
- The New Normal is the most obnoxious phrase we all continuously using
- Commuting is now viewed as quite a ridiculous waste of time
- #cabinlife is the new urban migration
- Cooking skills… are important
- Invest in quality shoe horns and hangers
- All for one and one for all… except during pandemics
- Road trips > plane trips
- Vegan tasting menus are really good
- Self-proclaimed pandemic experts have replaced podcast hosts as the worst dinner companions
- The seamless reversal of weekdays and weekends in our social structure
- Yeast, the most essential kitchen pantry item we now can’t live without
- “One or two meters distance please… but can I have a sip of your wine?”
- Free time is an affordable luxury
- Strava is the most worthwhile social media app
- Let’s skip this number
- Quality denim makes a difference
- The “15-minute city” is the easiest trending concept to get on board with
- Hybrid models; good for cars, bad for higher education seekers
- The enormous void we feel with the absence of live music
- 2020: impeccable eyesight, dreadful foresight
- The importance of backing up data
- Gamification is the strongest yet most poorly executed growth strategy
- Close browser tabs for more effective work sessions
- Just like that, we stopped using checkbooks
- Nobody has any idea what they are talking about
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