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RITUALS IN TURBULENT TIMES
On March 16, 2020, everything changed for me. My fellow New Yorkers and I went into lockdown. The world of work in the United States transformed overnight as entire states were instructed to stay home. Offices, restaurants, stores, and schools closed. Approximately 30 million people were receiving unemployment benefits as of May 2020, reflecting a 16 to 19 percent nationwide unemployment rate.1 The economy nearly shut down, and the stock market actually closed. We’d never seen a threat this big or this real.
At the same time, as frightening as it’s been, I’ve never been so inspired.
Overnight, home offices ...
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