https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/368763

It feels like we are finally turning a corner. We've passed the one-year mark of the onset of the global health crisis, vaccines are rolling out at a faster clip and the latest jobs report shows positive signs for the economy. For the first time in a long time, we’re looking into the future and seeing some glimmers of hope. With a gradual return to “normalcy,” what comes next? 

To know what’s ahead, you need to have a clear-eyed view of what’s already happened. For me, one of the through-lines of the past year has been our extreme “online-ness.” We’re not only spending our working hours online but also socializing and communicating with people through various digital mediums and communities like never before — all of which can take a mental toll. Internet usage spiked in the early days of the pandemic, and even after rolling lockdowns and restrictions have eased, it remains much higher than average. It’s also well-documented that the health crisis has rapidly accelerated almost every company’s adoption of digital technologies across the board. On average, the share of digitally-enabled solutions in the market has accelerated by about seven years.