 In what way has COVID-19 positively affected your life? Hi everyone, this is Dr. Wallace. Today I'm going to ask you in what way has COVID-19 positively affected your life? A lot actually, it's been a big challenge and I've been able to kind of reflect about what I really want because it was kind of like a troublesome time at work with work-life balance as well. So I kind of wanted to like looked at myself and said, okay, where do I really want to be, you know, in the near future and what do I really want to be doing and who do I want to be around. So yeah, actually it helped me kind of figure out what's next for me or like what am I willing to risk for that next step I guess. I've learned a lot about work-life balance. I think being able to work from home has been pretty interesting because I feel like that could be adapted to an extent going forward, you know, even after the pandemic, seeing how people can work efficiently from home and how that can, you know, change the way we approach work and work-life balance I guess. I was able to kind of reevaluate my values and things that are very important to me and make adjustments in my life where as needed. So I cut back on drinking and it improved my life drastically and that was one thing that really benefited me during COVID pandemic. I think more reflections about what is important on your life and really because somehow you're facing a lot of uncertainty and you're kind of thinking of what is important in your life and what you should really change to really. It really matters. Yeah, what really matters, yeah, to pursue that, yeah. Had us refocus on what's important as a result we see people changing jobs and leaving jobs and realigning their lives with certain beliefs and values. So I think that's been beneficial. Oh, I think I've learned more about myself quickly than any other time in life and it can be an opportunity for good change for oneself but I think it'll be interesting to see as we come out of the pandemic how we all are after, if we revert or if we go with the new changes. In what way has COVID-19 positively affected your life? Yeah, it's just made me value the things that you take for granted. And when it comes to traveling, being with friends, being with your loved ones, I think it's really trying to put value on what's most important in life. I think we were kind of caught up with work and grind and making money and we kind of all taken a step back to really value what's most important which is family, friends and loved ones. So I would say that's probably the most positive thing. It's given a chance for us to actually spend time with one another with the baby, spend valuable time getting to know each other because he was commuting for two hours a day before to and from the office. So we've gotten those two hours a day back and we've really used it to really bond and get to know one another and get to know this little human. Wow, I miss my family. I miss things like I have that thing every day. So but now I cannot be with my parents. I cannot be with my kids because not the pandemic or I cannot fly to anywhere. I think we value more these things like a family and the good life we used to have before COVID. Yes, I think go back to just being grateful, right? Like grateful for being healthy and having family and living somewhere where like people feel the same like vaccination rates are high in the Bay Area and you don't need to worry much about like your family or and your kids. Well, it's helped me realize like who really is meaningful in my life and who I actually have a connection with and the people that just wanted to feed off my energy before COVID hit. So I really realized who my real true friend slash family is. Yeah, it's given us a chance also with that time back to be well physically. So get exercise in. We got like a peloton but go out for walks, you know, get on the bike, do at home exercise classes and workouts. It's been really, really nice in that regard. So it's crazy to say this, but during the pandemic, I've been in the best shape of my life, eating better, like, you know, and exercising more. So that's been that's been nice. Well, I think during the lockdown, it was nice to slow down and spend time at home. I had an elderly dog and so I got to spend a lot of time with her in her last year of life and that was really a gift. The feelings that I have experiences exclusivity. A lot of people are attending the state to themselves. I'm actually empowered. Because I get to stay to myself, I get to work on myself, my mental health, my physical health. Other than that, I feel everybody is doing well with the pandemic now that everything is clearing up. But it actually shows us it's a very eye opening on a lot of the issues that we have going on in the world. I noticed that pollution went down immediately after it happened. And now this promenade is taking the place of cars and buses. So I hope that a greener cleaner air quality can be the consequence of all this. Since since COVID-19, it's pretty much affected everybody. Everybody has understands that the struggles. So I guess hopefully there's more empathy that comes out of COVID-19 that people, you know, understand, oh, you have family issues that you're dealing with. You know, it's okay. You can take it easier at work, you know, go home to your family, be with your friends, your your husband, your kids. Take care of your parents. I think that hopefully empathy is the thing that we learn out of this. We're able to figure things out. And so it's good to to know that we have that power within us and that we can just collectively know that whatever struggle we're going through, as long as we're going through it together and finding solutions together, that we're all powerful as people.