The thing that drains you

One of the things nobody seems keen to discuss is Covid

While I can relate to some of what Mr Valbrun is raising in the comment shown, my feeling is that it began in the early '20s.

That's the 2020s because it was this decade when quarantines were lifted in a rush to normalise life as a new coronavirus was still circulating.

 

We're still seeing the impacts that it has on lives.

I know that some days it's surprising how exhausted I feel and there's a sense that my thinking skills aren't what they used to be as well.

 

It could just be me, but the more that I look around the more that I see signs everywhere.

 

In the UK there's been a significant rise in graduates who are unable to work due to health reasons. 

It must be devastating to be at the beginning of your adult life and not have the energy to pursue your ambitions.

People are increasingly tired and, judging by the admission testing for US colleges in the same period, thinking skills are also struggling.

It was seeing these patterns in data that began giving me an insight into the disconnected attitudes that I see in people.

I hope it gives me patience by recognising that people don't have the energy and possibly are lacking in other capacities as well.