Almost 365 days ago to the day last year, America first realized what life looked like without everything that we'd always taken for granted.

California's sweeping stay-at-home edict on March 19 started it all at first, which quickly went viral nationwide. By the beginning of April, all but a few red-hot, Southern Republican states had locked down entirely, shutting restaurants, bars, theaters, stadiums, night clubs, arts and music venues, and pretty much everything else that most Americans associated with life and having fun outside of work virtually overnight.

A full year later, America's natural abilities to adapt, survive, and find opportunities in crisis are everywhere to be found.

While perhaps never going full stop reverse back to normal, most businesses have pulled through (albeit brutally), financial markets haven't tanked, the U.S. housing market is on fire, innovative new companies are booming, and tens of millions of now remote workers are finding an unexpectedly pleasant new groove clocking in from home.

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