It is said that alcohol amplifies what you feel inside. If you are a joyful person, you won't stop laughing and giggling after a few drinks. But if you're already sad inside, a few drinks will only make you more depressed. I like to think in these terms when it comes to how the workforce feels about our "new normal" post-pandemic.

What we are witnessing here is the acceleration of a trend that was underlying for quite some time. Propelled by the millennia, most people dreamed of a flexible workplace, an a la carte education or an exotic relocation by project — the sort that would require travel and discovering foreign cultures while exploring personal development all at once.