this pandemic has made it clear to us where we stand and where we live. the kind of apartment we have, what kind of neighborhood we live in. what i have, it's all been amplified now. and that sense of being hemmed in by the city life has driven us out into the countryside to find freedom. little human us has long enjoyed freedom. this family moved to a village outside by len 3 years ago. rents in the city have sold out for the past 10 years. many young families to me away to places where housing is more affordable . so whole everything we could afford in berlin was too small. we could have had

a small house the same size as our apartment, but why bother me thought we'd rather be further away, but have more space by topic. but the distance from the city is a problem. it takes on a kolesnik an hour and a half to get to work and there's no day cat hair either. there are no amenities within walking distance, no bakery or supermarket. you need the car for everything. 'd but they still don't regret that decision to leave the city. 'd and here definitely has a calming effect just to sit outside and breathe in the fresh air or bask in the sun. 'd has also become noticeably quieter as a media artist as an alternative health practitioner and

has to go to her office in town. except that during a pandemic, many patients staying away, the couple felt it was time to make some decisions. this wasn't something we've been wanting to do for a long time. the pandemic just gave us the impetus. after staring at the wall for months, we went out into the countryside to look around and choose a house. think of the keys in july. and since then, they spent half the time here, a 2 hour drive from berlin, and we love it here, but i don't know if that will still be the case in 5 years time, or maybe we'll find it annoying to have to drive out of the city but right now it's just great looks nice,

but it's actually not all that easy to just abandon the city in the middle of a lockdown at it must be really tricky for all those digital nomads who have no one said workplace, but like to flip open their laptop in far off places it high up in the alps or out on the endless plains of africa. it must be hard right now with travel being served restricted, but it's not a bad business model. don't tell the boss, i'm glad, and i have to go. but when i was on the road, you know, every day, you know, even knew it was going to happen. having

an office job for, you know, you knew what next week was going to bring. you know, you need the commute, you knew what they were going to take lines from where you're going to go and take, you know, home and there was a lot of routine to 5 steps are really becoming this all don't add up. want to make sure that your job is fully, you know, set to understanding that you need to move slowly. step 3 is to look for places that have lots of life by step for us to really look for places that have been yourself, have a place at sort of easy to let it run . think over time my people moving remotely. companies being ok with,

you know, people working from home. and so, you know, if you live in say, new york city and you're really expensive to live there ya have to go in the office . why not move to a cheaper state by a quarter of beach going to market? you know, right now, as i look outside my apartment, i see a parking lot. i'd rather see it beat you have to balance, work and play, and it's a lot harder to do when you're in a place that you possibly want to plan. the faster you move, the harder it is to find that out. and invariably, one stouffer's moving slowly is the key to balance your day as well as just being mentally stable and not exhaust outlets.

i stupidly once lost a contest and then went sailing, thinking i could just have like a tether phone and that was not the case. and you know, traveling around africa where there's just for weeks now. why buy you really want just want to make sure that we're ever going a quick google search. can you say tell you, you know, people who have been there before, if it's good or bad, they're one of the greatest things about working remotely as i like other people do it. and so you can usually find a lot of communities around the world of other digital nomads, not for yours. we're doing a fine, exciting aid of work. all i can use if i have a facebook or through a co correctly space, he can get friends and friends. it's

like finding games and animating until, you know, it's 95 and book cafe. you come, she doesn't have air conditioning in the flies everywhere. so i look for the places that you know, are easy to get. so you have a lot of various activities of the transportation wife by i think everyone should just go do this. you know, especially now and it's of soon you know, you know, you go into the office, take a break, you know, for 4 days, somewhere close by i might just do that at a beach that have been nice to look at though we don't have windows in the studio there, but in the meantime it's human contact. so many of us a craving, a city doesn't have to be full for me, but it can be fun when the streets of buzzing with activity and lots of tourists

are in town. i know my colleague misses it. he's been using all that time on his hands to address his own pandemic juiced anxieties and pondering over where the dinosaurs could make a comeback. i care. where is everybody all up working from home? like oh, of course. oh, not much in an easy to remember the good old days. you know lynn was packed with tourists. everyone wanted to come here and they still do and we've gone into hiding to protect ourselves and others and rightly so.

what do you do all day? bonnie: it's kind of dad here now. well, you used to be in all the pictures you had no cities deserted,

just people flee for the countryside alone reclaimed by nature. its buildings covered in ivy gear, prancing around the bronze and gold gate. maybe even the dinosaurs will return. so it takes one to know one on the judging, a level off and the rest of my team here at the w., i'm sure i'd miss them if i had to work at home all the time. thanks for joining us for another look at the changing world of business and how our city's taking a good hard look in the mirror right now. let's hope they get green up and spot up . otherwise, i might just entertain the idea of packing my bags and leaving someone a little more relaxed. stay healthy, everyone. and while your old cooktop at home, don't forget to check out social media. so you know, it's not fish,

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