Usually, the end of the year brings up mixed emotions – excitement for a new beginning with the wistfulness of time passing. Not so this year, when we’d be hard-pressed to find anyone reluctant to say goodbye to 2020. It seems everyone spent the year scrambling, from finding toilet paper and homeschooling children, to revamping their business model. Whatever their circumstances, for millions of people day-to-day life looks drastically different than it did last winter. Some spent a few weeks or months “mourning” their routine, only to find that they actually prefer some aspect of their new normal.   Now, with the mass delivery of vaccines around the corner, we are regaining the sense that we can design our future, rather than just adapting to events. This optimism can be seen in a new study indicating that nearly three-quarters…