Spent loads of quality time with my 2 boys (17 and 20 so do their own thing now whereas used to be with me all the time when younger) - and wife- in the garden - have erected a head tennis net and court,played cards, monopoly,had bbq's , beer takeouts from hoppers hut, beautiful sunshine - somehow there is always something else to do normally (admittedly thats mainly going up sidcup rec - social club - up the end of my road) but this has been great and i've got 2 more days of it before back to the hassle of working from home.Anybody else finding some positives from this situation??
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Had my bike out every day for some exercise,
Relaxed meal times with no rush to go somewhere,
Chatting via WhatsApp with family in India and Canada.
Finally got around to sorting out our flats garden (we share with 2 other flats) which the landlord said would be sorted out when we moved in then he promptly changed his mind.
Cooking more and loving it and eating better.
Dont have to get a train every day to work.
Hate my job and the people I work with at the moment so working from home is a relief. Although appreciate having my job and how lucky I am in to still have it.
2) Got some intensive Chinese studying in, I want to be able to read a newspaper by the end of the year
3) Saved more money than I normally would
4) Realised that I'm never going to lose my job to the online market
although I can actually see our firm losing the office when this is over and remote working.
spending less money
drinking less (although drinking some lovely stuff at home)
no commuting
exercising every day
eating together every night.
rediscovered my cd collection and got into new (old) music
Cleared out the garage and the dining room and now moving on to the bedrooms-jobs that would have taken months and months given how busy our lives are generally with four kids.
The biggest upside though is spending so much time with my family-don’t see much of them during the week with work duties and the weekends are always manic so, although the circumstances are horrible, it has given us an unexpected opportunity to spend some time together.
It has taken 54 years but my patience has paid off.
Now, I realise it's a marathon: enjoy everything, slow the heart rate and relax into being with precious family and connecting to friends almost daily.
On a more serious note, I have a nice collection of children’s books that I use for practice.
Duvet days are to be encouraged.
No excuses needed for not doing major DIY.
No visiting people you don’t really want to.
My car stays clean and hasn’t needed filling up for weeks.
I can go for a stroll for an hour without giving the wife a reason.
My garden and my neighbours along the street have never looked neater.
I don’t have to pay southeastern for a monthly ticket.
My work supplied laptop has developed a convenient fault.
And another day and the weather isn’t too shabby.
Its just a shame there is so much suffering.
It's really actually quite a sad point as there will undoubtedly be some affects from separation anxiety when people return to work.
Now if only I could find the button to turn his power off over night...