How Steph and I negotiate “safety” during the pandemic

It recently occurred to me that although we’re in month five of the pandemic, my wife Steph and I have yet to discuss how we each want to live for the foreseeable future. Like, the nuts and bolts of staying safe – risks we’re willing to take in the name of quality-of-life during COVID.

If you know anything about me, you’re probably as surprised as I am. I’m a big proponent of hammering out relationship expectations and memorializing the compromises we land on at a level of detail that could make an attorney uncomfortable.

So when my assistant made an offhand comment to me about admiring how Steph and I have decided to live during COVID, it gave me pause…

We never decided anything. We fell into a pattern without ever discussing it.

Which is how I found myself on a week-long journey to clarify how I want to live my life, toggling between soul-searching and expert-seeking.

Click below to see where I land.

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