Hello and welcome back to hardcore literature.

And let me begin this podcast, this podcast about reading and life goals for 2021.

Let me begin this by asking you a question.

How was your year?

We're recording this just a couple of days before Christmas.

The year is 2020.

And it's been a crazy year. Can you think of a better word

to describe this whole year than just crazy? I don't know what reality I woke up in beginning

of this year, but it's not over, and it's been devastating. But in addition to the devastation,

and there's many different areas of layers of

devastation there's this whole year has been a blessing in disguise curses are often blessings in

disguise by having certain things taken away from you or having things barred to you it's actually

made you realize what are the most important things in life.

And it's not what we thought, because if you think about where this year has gone, okay, let's start with health.

Now, however you feel about it, whether you feel like the virus itself has posed a significant

danger to your health, whether you've suffered from the fallout of not being able to exercise in manners that you're

accustomed to, gyms closed down, it's made me realize that health is supreme. Health is number

one. When we went into the pandemic and for England there was a real transition end of February

middle of March where we slid into the pandemic,

where I was living at the time London became a ghost town overnight.

I entered the pandemic with a real focus on cardiovascular and respiratory health and a real focus on mental health.

Now, think about mental health as well.

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