Today has possibly been one of my least productivity of all days. I haven’t been able to concentrate for longer than 3 minutes on anything which has made doing tasks seem overwhelming.
The problem is I know why this is. I have a cold. My head is fuzzy and I haven’t slept well so it has added tiredness on it. My solution would usually be to take the day off work and sleep, however I have had responsibilities at the start and end of today which has meant that I’ve had to endure through and stay awake. I’m also having to do the same tomorrow.
I wonder how people coped 100 years ago when they got a cold? We always assume that for people back then when they did get sick they were so incapacitated that they would be close to death, but what I’m feeling isn’t death, it’s just annoying and has caused me to be unproductive.
We should be thankful that in our modern day world we have symptom relievers and the facilities and resources to be able to get over colds without much dilemma.
I do sometimes want to just crawl up into bed and tell the world to go away though. Actually most of the time when I’m sick this is what I want to do. I’m blessed that I am able to do this sometimes. That is a definite win in life.

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