My thoughts are probably a little different because day-to-day life has been normal around me for a while and I really don't have and never had a ton of close contact with the raging leftist demographic either. I mean there's things like the air travel you mention, and that's certainly something that has changed for me as I just don't find myself wanting to go through that hassle anymore.

Mainly what I took from it all though was a bit of a personal re-prioritization. The first being to be careful to not get too mentally invested in certain things, activities, etc. I'd almost say it's akin to fanboy-ism but not in the outward sense, meaning that things I couldn't control got too tied up with my mental state. Having fun travelling, planning trips, etc. would be one example. But it's more of an overall "better myself" thought process than calling out any one thing. The second would be to make more effort to connect with family that I might actually enjoy being around. I sort of neglected that and stuck around immediate family that are getting old and some of which went a bit too Covid-bonkers. It was more laziness and not being the best social person that got me to that point, but I sort of got out of it that the only family I had any relationship with were the stick in the mud types and I have a lot of other choices of fun and not totally nuts people I should focus on instead.