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Kirsten Hughes: 'Let's not lose sight of our long-term goals'

Opinion
Kirsten Hughes
4 January 2022

As you read this, you’ll know that we’re well into the new year. But, as I write, the Omicron variant is doing its worst. We don’t yet know how serious Omicron is, but we should soon enough.

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Once again, though, we are dealing with uncertainty and, as human beings, we generally don’t like uncertainty, we much prefer predictability.

Losing control of a situation can be stressful and scary. It can cause severe anxiety – all emotions not particularly helpful for our mental and physical health. But the truth is that, although we cannot control everything that changes around us, we have complete control over how we react.