I'm SICK of COVID-19!

I HATE Social Distancing!

I DREAD Self Isolating!

AND I'm TIRED of Washing My Hands a Thousand Times a Day!!!!!

However as someone who cares about flattening the curve, I understand that everything I hate doing, is working, and therefore is necessary to continue to do. And although it's working slowly, it is working. The problem is that I, like most of You, am starting to feel both mentally and physically drained and exhausted by fighting off the spread of the Coronavirus.

Well, it's been over 4 months since COVID-19 became a commonly used word in our vocabulary.

It's been over 2 months since the first Canadian COVID-19 case was announced.

It's been over 2 weeks since my home town Province of Vancouver, British Columbia declared a state of emergency.

And It's been a hell of a long time since I've had a good night's sleep.

Like most of you, I'm getting quite tired, frustrated and increasingly concerned with COVID-19. As I mentioned in last week's Blog, the Corona Viruses are causing panic, fear and uncertainty across the globe. Thousands of people are dying. Hundreds of thousands of people have and continue to become infected. And millions of people have lost their jobs. I believe it would be an understatement to suggest that COVID-19 has had a significant impact on us all.

However as ridiculous as this may sound, COVID-19 has also brought out an extremely positive side in myself personally as well. It's made me realize that there is more to life than just work, play, and making money. It's made be realize not to take the little things for granted, such as being able to exercise and go to the grocery store whenever I choose to do so. And it's made me realize how important it truly is to have a strong support system of family and friends during times like these.

But why the hell did it take an earth shattering epidemic for me to wake up and realize what truly matters in life?

I've got a confession to make -
I'm Pissed. I'm Angry. I'm Fearful. I'm Depressed.
I'm Worried. I'm Anxious. I'm Lonely. I'm Sad.
I'm Disgusted. I'm Disturbed. I'm Selfish. I'm Moody.
I'm Motivated. I'm Focused. I'm Grateful. And I'm Hopeful.........

Essentially, like most of you I'm sure, I have experienced a great deal of mixed emotions these past few weeks. Many of these emotions I feel embarrassed to admit. As someone who prides himself as being emotionally detached from most feelings and tries to present a machine like persona to those that surround me, the events that have occurred all over the world within the past few weeks have been a serious wakeup call for me. I honestly feel as if I'm living through a bad dream and have yet to wake up. With each day that passes, more bad news occurs. The death toll continues to rise. The infections continue to multiply by the hundreds. More and more businesses begin to close their doors and as a result, more and more people continue to lose their jobs. The economy continues to suffer. The world is officially at war.