The Globe and Mail
Published February 22, 2021
Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
We have said it ourselves and heard it from others: “I’m done.” From relationships to jobs to anything that we are getting tired of. “I’m done” indicates final, finished, no longer caring and moving on.
The phrase tends to be used when we feel our efforts are not being rewarded, or even noticed. These days, for me and those I talk to, it’s usually about fatigue related to COVID-19 and its restrictions. It can feel especially defeating when we aren’t seeing a change in broad social behaviors or the current outcome, even as we continue to miss having private gatherings with friends and family and hugging and all that seemingly bad human contact stuff that we are naturally craving.