With so many people in the workforce currently working remotely, it’s probably a good time to evaluate your home office setup. Even if you don’t currently have a dedicated home office room itself, it’s probably a good idea to invest in some basics, as I imagine the future of the work force looks even more and more remote. The dreaded “future-proof” phrase gets tossed around too frequently, but as technology continues to advance and career paths evolve, you don’t want to get caught unprepared with some necessities that will make a transition much smoother.

OK, I think all bets are off on directly addressing the pandemic and the situation across the world, here in the States, and for me specifically, here in Chicago. I won’t be addressing anything medical or news related, but I’ll be focusing on something I believe many are realizing. The importance of connections.

I have been toying with the idea of starting my own business since I was about 17 years old. I fell in love with music through video games, first enjoying the sound of background music, to theme songs, and then radio waves. Much like many a Millennial, I’d wait for Q101 or 97 The Zone to announce a song I loved and hit the record button on my Unlce’s Sony radio cassette player, learning how to time the start and end before a radio announcer spoke over some of the measures. The very first Christmas I really remember, I asked my parents for a laptop. I was fascinated by the old Macintosh II Mrs Klausen had in our kindergarten class, choosing to play Oregon Trail instead of playing outside with the rest of the kids during recess, and other times just typing away at that primitive word processor just to hear and feel the keystrokes of it’s mechanical keyboard. Bless my folks, there was no way they could afford a laptop in the late 90s, a bad investment on a 8-9 year old kid anyways.