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post here the positive things that come out of lockdown ( come on, lets try and counteract all the negativity) you can always ignore it if you think that its just smugness,
I'll start. I eat better at home, than when I'm in the office, and I exercise more consistently.
Like you, it's exercise for me - I've gone from not running, to running half marathon distance relatively comfortably (ie, not dying!). Have signed up for a 100k race, split over two days, in June.
I've kept my job, as has my wife and we're hoping to move this month. Had we lost our jobs, or had an income reduction, that's unlikely to have happened.
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I love lockdown megathread on 11:33 - Jan 5 with 1452 views
Having spent too much time watching TV, Me and Mrs SaleAway have put aside one evening a week for "creative" time. She is trying to spend more time drawing and painting. I'm working my way through Stephen Fry's " An Ode Less Travelled", and writing bits of poetry.
I love lockdown megathread on 11:38 - Jan 5 by homer_123
Spent more time with family.
Actually talking and discussing more with the wife and kids than ever.
Exercise, walking and general fitness was way better (except over Xmas) than in a long time.
Reading.
Said on a thread a while ago that I actually feel closer to my family despite us all only being in contact via phone/Zoom. Been speaking regularly to some people I maybe would've seen just once or twice all year, so it's brought us all closer together, even though we can't see each other.
footers KC - Prosecution Barrister - Friend to all
I love lockdown megathread on 11:43 - Jan 5 by footers
Said on a thread a while ago that I actually feel closer to my family despite us all only being in contact via phone/Zoom. Been speaking regularly to some people I maybe would've seen just once or twice all year, so it's brought us all closer together, even though we can't see each other.
Yep - def the case for me as well footers.
Ade Akinbiyi couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo...
Current account keeps topping up without the London commute fare.
Great vibe in the Unstable household, loving box sets together, and bizarrely working and schooling in harmony with the improved broadband.
Loads more exercise, and loving cycling even more with the discovery of GRAVEL.
Far more contact with foreign relatives through video calls.
Getting more DIY done.
The demise of the demi-God Trump, and discussing it with US friends/colleagues - albeit he'll burn the US to the ground on the way out.
Returning to TWTD after an absence - now that everyone agrees that 'technical' is the most critical adjective/noun relating to footballing competence
iFollow for every Town game.... and the inevitable emotional rollercoaster of watching Lambert flim flam across games, and make us worse than the sum of our parts - but at least its watching the boys in blue
I love lockdown megathread on 11:33 - Jan 5 by itfc_bucks
Like you, it's exercise for me - I've gone from not running, to running half marathon distance relatively comfortably (ie, not dying!). Have signed up for a 100k race, split over two days, in June.
I've kept my job, as has my wife and we're hoping to move this month. Had we lost our jobs, or had an income reduction, that's unlikely to have happened.
Worked all the way through, which I have been happy about as I genuinely really do like my job.
Missus was able to change jobs back in November and it's gone perfectly for her, she couldn't be happier.
I've managed to get down to my lowest weight for some years now (12stone 12). Started running now I can't play squash and have managed to knock 3 minutes already off my 5km run (only been 3 times).
Hopefully our house move should still go through this month (were in a short chain as it is), and this will now be our last home as it's in the area we really want and a detached house. Needs a bit of work in time, but that's why we won't move again.
Financially I worked out with the wife a couple of months back that we saved c£8k through the year - boosted massively by several months not paying nursery fees, travelling, going out costs etc. Extra saving plus stamp duty freeze enabled us to increase the budget significantly when we moved in November, from what we had been expecting
On an emotional level, having our boy here rather than nursery for those months and spending more time with him was great - although I do have a small worry about a lasting social impact from not seeing other children. As good as that was however I’m glad nursery is staying open this time around
Obviously recognise that we’ve been quite fortunate with both me and my wife continuing to work fully from home even whilst the boy has been here - and that others haven’t been so fortunate
Highlighting crass stupidity since sometime around 2010
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