Right now, it isn't about me.

It doesn't matter if the internet is running slow. That my gym has closed. If I'm inconvenienced by not finding every little item on my shopping list. That my wedding is in peril. My holiday was cancelled. That my inbox is bursting with spam email from retailers hawking their goods and constantly giving me weird assurances how they and their team are doing everything possible to mitigate corona-19 so come on in and buy that lipstick, get your car tuned, up for some life insurance - just buy, buy, buy.

These troubled times have certainly shone a spotlight on how selfish and self-involved I have become.

My sympathy levels are topping out at an all time high. There are senior citizens with very little food in the pantry. Kids off school driving their parents mad in extremely close quarters. Rents are due. The utility bills keep coming, and somehow multiplying. Jobs are in peril or no longer exist. The politicians keep reassuring with one shake of the hand and changing our lives on a dime in the next second.

The one thing I want to do is help. But I feel flummoxed and pulled in so many directions that I don't know what to actually do.

So I've started small.

On Facebook there is a page called Adopt a healthcare worker - these people are our frontline soldiers in this fight. Yet they have kids, elderly parents, need to shop and pay bills. So showing them support, a no-brainer.

Next on my list. I have a heap of old games in a cupboard. So every day I clean one up and leave it on my front step. Hoping some young family can make use of it. They are being snapped up rather smartly.

I also leave books on a little table on the street. People have started swapping and changing them out. So this appears to be working. I wipe my books off before giving them to the world. And do so again if I grab a new one.

At the supermarket I make sure I smile and say hello to all the staff who are under so much pressure to keep the shelves full and the crowds under control.

Starting small often leads to brighter and bigger things. Maybe... just maybe this is about me, and you.

So I ask you, is there anything I can do to brighten your day? Or do you have a great idea on how I can help/contribute in these weird and strange times.

(Just to clarify - there is no wedding/holiday in the planning - but if I hear one more person whine about how the virus has affected either of those plans I'm going to hit someone. I know it's devastating on a personal level, but in the bigger picture? You are just going to have to deal with it)