{"id":12482,"date":"2021-01-01T23:55:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T07:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/?p=12482"},"modified":"2021-01-01T23:55:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T07:55:38","slug":"new-years-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/new-years-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year\u2019s 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy new year\u2019s everyone.  Although things haven\u2019t technically cleared here to go back to a regular working life I suppose the early part of this year will test if you adequately prepared for more potential lockdowns.  For myself I invested in items like hard drive space in anticipation that we will all need to store a ton of data for our work.  A 16TB one is the highest capacity I invested in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/seagate-drive-16-TB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12483\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/new-years-2021\/seagate-drive-16-tb\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/seagate-drive-16-TB.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1079,862\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;windows&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609545246&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"seagate drive 16 TB\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/seagate-drive-16-TB-300x240.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/seagate-drive-16-TB-1024x818.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/seagate-drive-16-TB-1024x818.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"875\" height=\"699\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/seagate-drive-16-TB-1024x818.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/seagate-drive-16-TB-155x124.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/seagate-drive-16-TB-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/seagate-drive-16-TB-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/seagate-drive-16-TB-950x759.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/seagate-drive-16-TB.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finance wise it was good to do it the year before too just so I won\u2019t be surprised in having to invest in resources right when I need it.  Often times you will pay standard prices and for items like these I can always use it in the future.  May as well get it with the Black Friday sale prices as an example.  Another year does mean renewal for a lot of services like the Internet.  But that usually has to be held off until you are very near expiration to get the best deals.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see what 2021 brings.  But either way, I feel like I am prepared for whatever awaits.  Happy new year everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy new year\u2019s everyone. Although things haven\u2019t technically cleared here to go back to a regular working life I suppose the early part of this year will test if you adequately prepared for more potential lockdowns. 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