I've always been afraid of getting the cold, because it keeps me from doing stuff I like. Working out, for example. You can't do sport when you're sick, you lose 1-2 months of training, and you risk myocarditis when starting with your training regimen too early. You also can't sleep well. And you can't concentrate. You can't be around people who don't want to be infected. And so on. Having a cold IMHO sucks much harder than what most people would concede.
But this year everything is different. When you get a cold this year, you have a 50% chance that you won't have any cold-like symptoms at all, and if you do, you can send love-letters to the IRS and smear them with the concentrated love.
I do all that shit when I'm sick.
I'm a picture of misery when I'm sick. But this time I'm going to enjoy it.
Deal with it better? Typically I power through within a couple days. I feel like a new person afterwards. New lease on life and all that. The air seems crisper, the flowers more colorful and aromatic, a bounce in my step.
Getting sick sucks but I always look forward to that new fresh feeling outlook I know I will experience when it's over.
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