By now, you’re probably sick of phrases like “these unprecedented times” or “the new normal.” After all, we’ve been hearing them in news reports, advertisements, and popular culture for almost a year straight. And yet, let’s be honest: those catchphrases are not only completely accurate descriptions of, well…these unprecedented times, they also have the benefit of sounding less scary, less stressful, than a perhaps more scientific description of the current state of the world.