Dear Anna,

I’m struggling to adapt to the new normal. I’m starting to go into the office again on the odd day, and also set up regular meetings, and I know that the best way to share my work (I’m a creative) and get new job opportunities is to have meetings face to face, but I feel like I’ve forgotten how to do this!

Do you have any advice on how to navigate my way back into the real world again – and is it essential that I have to in order to have a successful career in the future?

Anon

Dear Anon,

There are two parts to this question: working out how best to handle the return to (a ­potentially new) normal, and the question of whether you have to make that journey at all.