I Aged at Least 25 Years in 2020

Covid-19 brought with it a preview of what my golden years will look like

Omar L. Gallaga
GEN
Published in
5 min readDec 15, 2020

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Each morning now, before I even get out of bed around 7 a.m., I blearily reach for my smartphone and stick its bright screen in front of my face to see how my stocks and options are doing. Just to make sure I didn’t finally ruin myself in the early hours leading up to the opening bell…

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Omar L. Gallaga
GEN
Writer for

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