A Lotta Being Sick

Is it me, or does the world just seem sick lately? Okay, so that is a really loaded question but in this instance I am actually talking about all the coughing, throat clearing, watery eyes, sore throats – you get the picture. Beyond this, the sprinkle of Ebola virus updates from NPR certainly isn’t positive either but that’s a whole different level of sick.

No really, everywhere I look these days, folks seem to be sick and part of it I’m sure is the season as the flu seems to be rampant this year in the schools, but the other part of me wonders if we are just doing something different that makes us more susceptible?

I will start by saying that I am not a doctor nor have I ever studied medicine. Like any curious person out there I have search Web MD extensively as either myself or my kids have fallen ill at some time or another. This all being said, I often question my own “healthiness” with my sedentary job and off-kilter eating habits. I do exercise with some degree of consistency and I do eat my vitamins every day but lately it always seems that I am fighting off some illness as those around me (at work and at home) ride the ups and downs of the season. It could be my suspicions are right and that we all are just a bit more sick lately or perhaps this is the way the cycle works… who knows? Either way, I figure it can’t hurt to put healthy practices into play (more eating right, getting rest, etc.). If anything, I may reap other benefits such as being in a great mood more often, right (one can only hope!)?

Happy writing this week!