Freaky Friday the 13th!! Of 2020 YIKES!
Shit gets no stranger!!!!
Who would have thought we would be here, at this moment in time! Having had our proverbial balls cut off right out the blocks in January when Covid 19 started doings its rounds in Wuhan, China.
Here I was topping up on my Tesla stock as they prepared to open the Model 3 Factory in China, and also getting ready for another 30% plus year on returns on the S&P500.
Boy did I not see this coming! Did anyone of us see this coming?
Do not misjudge my seemingly humorous tone here. In no way am I trivializing the massive pandemic effect and the core -shaking loss of lives every country around the world has had to endure. We cannot ignore the massive tragedy that has affected us all here. Yes, there are idiots like Trump and some other world leaders who took too long to act to protect the very people they swore to protect. And my heart goes out to the loss of lives that could have been prevented had these trusted public officials done their bloody jobs!
Madagascar had its President promoting some jungle juice combo complete with King Julien branding on the bottle.
Russia was busy pushing (by this I mean sacrificing quality, process controls, and obvious Medicine Control measures) early trials and circumventing protocols to almost Cold-War like beat the West to the Moon! And then they started to drink that kool-aid when they actually pushed unproven vaccines to its population.
Shady hey!
But, if we do not grab hold of our sanity by the throat and learn to live in this mess then we will lose a lot more than just having the year 2020 struck off the calendar!
What coping mechanisms other than to embrace the normal life events like Friday the 13th, or Halloween, or Christmas, etc. will you be distracting yourself with?
I’d love to hear more.
As for Freaky Friday the 13th, 2020. YIKES! It would be really awesome if we got a real misnomer coming through today. Like maybe the recent news from Phizer on the promise that's coming with their vaccine.
But let us dream for a moment. Of a no Covid 2020. And then what comes to mind?
Reflecting on prior years, it doesn't look so promising either!
- Buckingham Palace was bombed by the Nazis
- Tupac died from being shot
- Cruise ships overturning, cyclones, floods, etc.
- Cold war almost dropping nukes via some Swedish Planes
We are actually going to be better off than some of these prior Friday 13’s. And even if that's not true, we have full control of our minds and our thoughts and it is here where we can truly win!
I’m preparing myself with knowing that there is pretty much nothing worse (statistically) that this year can throw at me. I'm learning to be a lot more resilient. And almost like a doomsdayer; I am learning to be fully functional both economically and socially whilst sitting lockdown confined and curfewed at home! Ok, maybe I need more exercise! But other than that I write more, I interact a lot more online and I keep myself ticking with the latest developments in gaming ( I love my new XBOX ), TV, etc.
This mental conditioning is the way to go. Maybe not get to a perfect end-state, but learning to be more resilient however subjective that may be in your case is what you can determine.
Friday the 13th can't touch me, I’ve just gone through more than 11 months of what would make the worse Friday the 13th look like a stroll in the park. Easy like Sunday morning! Bring it on Friday the 13th!
