As many of us log-off to enjoy Thanksgiving in the best way we can, I wanted to spend a moment reflecting on 2020 and why for unordinary reasons, it will be a year I will never forget.
I will always remember 2020 as the year we spent at home, the time that we were able to spend with our family and the skills we learned along the way. For some that meant exercising, others working in a new industry and for many, it was compassion – truly learning to understand what another person is going through and with a shared experience, trying to help.
2020 will not always be remembered for these reasons of course. It was the year we were scared of tomorrow, the year we reflected on the financial crisis of 2008 and hoped that history might not repeat itself and; remarkably, it was the year that every single person across the world simultaneously shared the same feelings of hope and fear.
But, while we remember 2020 for the year that we lost loved ones and opportunity, I would like to remember 2020 for the year that time stood still and allowed us to focus on what really matters.
This may well be different for every single person reading this but for me, what mattered was spending time with my daughter who joined the year at just a few weeks old and celebrating the small victories that may once have passed us by.
Today, as many of you travel to near-by family or friends, I wanted to share with you a small celebration and a victory which in the grand scheme of 2020 might not seem like much at all, but for me and my team; in the US specifically, it means a great deal.
For more than a decade we have worked with Family Offices across the world and have enjoyed the festivals and traditions that come with each. From celebrating Diwali last week with our friends in India to marking the Jewish New Year just a couple of months before, we have always been fortunate enough to participate in an incredible global culture and have been able to spend Thanksgiving with our American friends and family ever since.
But in 2020; two years after Paul and I decided it was time to establish an office in the US and one year after opening in New York, we can finally celebrate thanksgiving knowing that in a corner of New York, there is an Agreus Office and it is waiting for us to return in the New Year.
This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for so much more than I could ever think possible and the biggest thing I am grateful for is this new perspective that allows me to appreciate all of it.
On behalf of Kay, myself, and the whole Agreus Team, have a very happy Thanksgiving and enjoy every moment.
Kind Regards,
Tayyab