How much has Black Friday and Cyber Monday been buoyed by the pandemic? I certainly took advantage of some deals to finish furnishing my apartment, and even counterintuitively purchased a device to reduce my screen time and technology usage—more on that in another post. I wonder how many people were like me, resorting to the temporary dopamine hit of buying new things to substitute the lack of social contact. It’s definitely easy to fall into the trap. Looking at the big picture can be helpful—will the objects I bought last me a lifetime? Of course not, especially with how things are made now. But the memories I create with my tribe will. Sure there’s the balance between achievement and hedonism, but in both worlds, our tribe exists. We get to choose our tribe, and it chooses us. In the big picture, it’s one of the most important decisions we make; as they say, you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. When we are intentional with the selection of our tribe, we can more easily enjoy both worlds of work and relaxation, because we’ll have friends in both.