I loved each and every line of this article and the way that it spoke to my heart. I too adopted that fatalistic "my life is over" approach during the pandemic when everything shut down and all my friends left town. After putting on 20 kilos over these 4 years, and being too unfit to participate in the activities that brought me joy and gave me a sense of purpose, I've realized what a fool I've been to even adopt such a mindset, and am currently slowly getting back to living my life the way it was before the pandemic.