As the world tries to pretend that the pandemic is over, my work is slowly moving back to in-person meetings. And I have a lot of mixed feelings about it.

On the one hand, it’s nice to travel to the other offices and see everyone in person again. To not have to worry about bad connections , to get catered lunches, to not have to wait to get supplies that never seem to make it down to the furthest office.

On the other hand, we are still in a pandemic, so the more people you interact with on a daily basis, the higher the odds of getting the virus and passing it on. We do take precautions and are very careful, but it is still a risk.

Thankfully we haven’t gone fully in person yet and do still have virtual options for most meetings. And we are keeping our flexible work schedule, continuing allowing people to work from home as needed. I hope we continue to transition slowly and don’t lose those options any time soon. I don’t think we will.