Springtime Adaptations and Health

Challenges? Spring is a great time. Personally, I think yes, the streets are busier, the shops are busier, even the parks are busier. I think for the last couple of years we have been used to social distancing, not seeing too much of a crowd has become reasonably entrenched. But for me, I think the fact that we're going back to how the world was is really nice. And I look forward to the human-to-human interactions that we have taken for granted over the last, for a lifetime and suddenly is something that we have to watch out for. On a professional level, I do think that the months of spring are tricky because people plan their leaves around, so on a more clinical level managing staffings can always be a challenge and hospital beds continue to remain a challenge during springtime. They often get better into summer but we're going through some really challenging hospital bed situations which for me particularly is always in the back of my mind. Of course I'm also aware that our nurses and our junior doctors are planning for the set strikes, which I personally am much in support of. But of course, the system will need to adapt for the days that they plan these things. So I'm also worried about what roles, additional roles that I will have to be involved in during those days, especially when the junior doctors may be planning to strike. It comes down to willpower, Usman. People like to take on gym memberships and they plan their routine for spring and generally once it comes to time that you go to the gym and use it it's perhaps a good idea to do it in increments rather than go the full bang on the first day. It's not unusual to have had a light winter of activities and then you go on, hit the gym, get your aches and pains, which will compel you to take a few days off and then your routine is never going to be as streamlined or dedicated as you planned. It might be worthwhile talking to friends who have maintained good gym routines might be good to go to the gym or join a friend in partnership for the gym routines, which often gives you that buddy feeling and sensation so you can get more out of your gym. Ultimately, it's the knowledge that what you do in the gym is going to stand by you, it's going to stand by you from a physical perspective, from a cardiovascular perspective, from a confidence perspective. But if you have medical problems or you have acquired medical problems over the last few years or ever, if you're planning to start gym after a long period of time, it might be worthwhile scheduling a doctor's visit to ensure that your gym activities, or the ones you planned, are safe and reasonable.