What are you not going to do when this is over?

[Tweney22]

We were having a trip to Italy for our wedding anniversary in July.
We dont travel a lot, and since this pandemic it has put me off going abroad. Im not going to book any foreign holidays at least for the next few years.
Anything anyone else is not going to do?

i will never ever put things off again.

I am never going to stay in

I am never putting off day trips, going out, enjoying life

this short time being in has made me realise i should never take things for granted again. ever

Take anything for granted again!

I’d like to think I won’t waste money on unnecessary clothes. I’m living in leggings and old jumpers and really don’t care. There are so many more things I’d rather spend money and time on, like travelling and days out as people have said. That’s what I really miss.

At this rate, get a divorce or run away to join the circus (maybe both).

I’m not going to waste a second

I’m going to go everywhere I can, do everything I can and see everyone I can

I’m also going to hug people more.

I’m going to go out a LOT.

I’m going to try things and not be scared.

I'm never going to moan about being too busy and that I never get chance to stay home!

Not go to my job, they sacked me when all this started

Homeschool.
Moan that I’m ‘stuck at home’ all the time. Before all this happened I moaned to DH that I never went anywhere and was always stuck at home. Now I know what it really feels like to be stuck at home.

Hmm nothing really. I haven't been abroad for 15 years, this hasn't made me want to anymore or less than I did.
I only learned to drive about 4 years ago so I havent taken my freedom or independence for granted since. I do make the most of getting out and about and I go places when it takes my fancy.
I'm quite enjoumyingvhaving my kids and dp (even although he is really annoying) at home. I usually wfh anyway, I'm not working atm but still being paid for the next couple of weeks, but once that stops I may be fecked.
I can't wait to be able to get in the car and drive to the beach or the park though, and I can't wait to have my recycling bins collected again.

I'm not going to:

Be fed up that I'm in the office and not at home. Never have I appreciated just being able to get up and get on a train and go to work so much as I do now.
I miss the interaction, change of scenery and general buzz of London.

Miss out on holidays, travel ,seeing family and friends.

Use the supermarkets as first port of call for my weekly shop. Our local butcher and baker have been a lifeline along with our little Co-op, Nisa and Sainsbury's local. Also the farm shops are brilliant as well.

Not feel as though we've got to pack everything at the weekend. If we just want to sit down with a film or book on Saturday afternoon we will.

I'm not going to regret having been a bit of a hoarder. Managed to have a plentiful supply of hand sanitiser, soap, and loo paper despite not having bought any for weeks or months.

My self-imposed ban on buying the stuff will be imposed for quite some time though.

Shop as much. It's oddly relaxing not to be consuming so much. We have been so careful not to waste anything - I'm meal planning for the first time ever.

I'm not going to buy 'stuff' - going to begin to clear out all the 'stuff' I have but don't use. Sitting here in a hoarder's paradise. Dirty, disorganised, cluttered, very little clear floor space. Difficult to clear as can't take rubbish to the dump or the good stuff to a charity shop for the foreseeable.

One example from many: What's the point of having a load of bloody crystal glasses which I haven't used since I moved here, post-divorce? And the display unit I keep them in; I wouldn't need that if I didn't have the sodding glasses to store. The garage is full of 'stuff' too including fabric for furnishing 'projects' I never got around to. All of it just cluttering up my head too. Stuff I just 'had to have...'

I moved in with too much stuff, fearful of giving it away in case I couldn't afford to buy it again. 'Stuff' was like a comfort blanket of sorts. CV has made me realise it's really not important or comforting now. It's all either clutter, rubbish or not a necessity.

I want a simpler life - I want to love my home again. I want to want to come home after work. I'm ashamed that my family might have to sort through this lot and won't know where to start.