The pandemic that swept the globe in 2020 was a time of unimaginable suffering for so many. As if losing loved ones was not bad enough, millions lost their livelihoods and were condemned to months if not years of poverty and hardship. School children and university scholars lost some if not all of a year’s education, or lost opportunities they will never be able to reclaim. But for many people they were able to adapt their lives and experiment with different ways of living. For those of us in the “developed” world we had to get used to a more sustainable less hedonistic lifestyle less focused on consumption and self-gratification.