The last two years have tested everyone’s patience, endurance and forbearance. But if the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s this: Life is short. The world is vast. Being cooped up sucks. And people are precious.

Let’s make 2022 the year we embrace the real and reject the artificial. Let’s turn our backs on fake “friends” on social media and any other social interaction that doesn’t bring us joy. Let’s reject fake, fast and junk food. Let’s spend less time in our concrete jungles and track housing complexes and strip malls.

Let’s give ourselves the gift of what we really need: Real food. Real friends. Nature.

Let’s get real.