2021: The Point Behind a Year That Sucked

Brent and I debate...this last year. Oy.

Hey Brent,

It’s the end of the year, so it’s time for thought-leaders like us to say something profound about the past twelve months.

I’ll go first.

OH, MY GOD, WILL THIS MADNESS NEVER END?

Sorry, I know what you say about writing in all caps. My bad.

But the news about the Omicron variant broke broke a few weeks ago, and I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that we’re about to enter the third year of this fricking pandemic.

So what’s my take on this past year? First, a quick recap for those just joining us.

You and I are digital nomads, but we started off the year holed up in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for seven months where we had been waiting out the pandemic.

Lots of sunshine and fruity drinks helped make the pandemic more bearable.

As the vaccines started rolling out, we began hoping that life was finally going to get back to normal — at least, I’m sorry to say, for privileged Westerners like us.

After getting our second shot, we were off and running. We flew to Istanbul, Tu…