Very limited time, as is far too common, @tarazkp, but wanted to "drop in" quickly and say I thought some of the points you made in this one went well beyond the always good content we can expect when reading your posts. They were, at times, brilliant!

Maybe I will have time later to come back and elaborate. No promises ... But, I did want to at least provide a little encouragement ...

"Training ill or tired is quite terrible because it robs much of my ability to think on the feet ..."

Yep, "been there done that" ... Hope you get to feeling better soon!