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What big changes will you make when this is over?

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SordidSplendour · 13/04/2020 18:54

The obesity link has really frightened me so after years and years of every diet imaginable and plenty of success (but failure to maintain) I’m going to get weight loss surgery. I know it’s not for everyone so that’s not what this thread is about.

I’m also going to really get on top of my general and dental health a lot more than I had.

I really hope to live a lot more instead of just existing when this is all over.

I’d love to hear what changes this has encouraged you to make?

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User18492725204065241 · 13/04/2020 18:55

We are leaving the city, the idea of this happening again and being stuck in a garden-less flat is terrifying

thunderthighsohwoe · 13/04/2020 18:58

Hoping that house prices where we live will now come down enough that we can sell our flat and upgrade to a small house. An enclosed garden is now a considered a necessity to us with a toddler and any future children.

KenzoBaby · 13/04/2020 18:59

I'm going to go to church regularly. I didn't appreciate the freedom to go when it was there.

Ditto the gym.

I'm mostly a homebody during normal times but I'm desperate to put on a lovely dress and make-up and go out dancing to blow away a few cobwebs. So this experience might make me more outgoing.

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SordidSplendour · 13/04/2020 19:00

I completely agree with you both. It hasn’t never bothered me not having a garden until this, now it feels major!

I’d say a lot of jobs will allow WFH now so imagine lots of people will move from cities.

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SordidSplendour · 13/04/2020 19:02

@KenzoBaby I’m a real homebody and now I’ve been forced to live like this and see all the opportunities I took for granted I want to do the same!

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AdoptedBumpkin · 13/04/2020 19:03

Take DD out for more visits to museums and such like. Now that I won't be able to do it for a while, I will appreciate the freedom to do so more.

Also, I'll be trying to support local businesses more, as they will suffer from this time.

Circletime27 · 13/04/2020 19:03

One is that I’m enjoying the slower pace of life so I’m hoping to be able to continue with that. Secondly I’m going to prioritise saving, I want a nice healthy wedge of cash in the bank rather than the £2k which never seems to manage to get any higher.

Xmasbaby11 · 13/04/2020 19:04

Nothing different really - I was happy with my life as it was.

MinesaPinot · 13/04/2020 19:05

Definitely weight loss and more exercise.

Make sure I see my mum more. She's 83 and in good health. We always speak everyday anyway, and I usually see her every 3 weeks or so, but must see her more. I'm missing seeing her. Similarly my brother and his family. We're not a family who see each other regularly but this has made me realise how much I love and miss seeing them.

ReceptacleForTheRespectable · 13/04/2020 19:07

I am predicting an exodus from cities generally, for those that can afford to move (not me, I live semi rurally already). This lockdown has really made me appreciate how lucky I am to live where I do, and has confirmed that moving here was 100% the right decision.

FreddieFlintstone · 13/04/2020 19:11

I want to go out every day for a whole week because I can. I will also appreciate the fact that I'm not the introverted homebody I thought I was. I need people.

TheSheepofWallSt · 13/04/2020 19:15

I’m going to change career- have decided after 7 years of “what do
I WANT?!”, and toying with the idea, I AM going to retrain in a psychology or psychiatry related field. Have found a conversion MSc that I can do as 2 year distance learning (amazingly the only distance learning course in the country that’s BMP accredited... and it’s with the university at the nearest major city to me).
I’ll ease off in my current career gradually (it’s a sector that has an awful lot of part time and consultancy work available) as the studying/ work experience workload increases.

Dental health - currently v poor cosmetically. It’s aging me.

I want to live by the sea.

Basically have a 5 year plan now. Never had one before- but it just became clear really suddenly, that’s what I want.

Nice it’s taken a pandemic, and not the birth of my son, breakdown of my marriage or 4 years of therapy to get me to this point.

Helocariad · 13/04/2020 19:17

I will be working less and spending more time with those who really matter to me.

TheSheepofWallSt · 13/04/2020 19:19

Psychotherapy** bloody autocorrect.

I WOULD have liked to go to medical school. Alas- too aged now I think, for the sacrifice to be “worth” it.

bettertimesarecomingnow · 13/04/2020 19:20

I'm going to move! From very rural Scotland to my Dp in Chester.

I've had enough of being lonely. This has really brought it home how much I miss him.

So if anyone wants to swap to a lovely rural property PM me!

MarieQueenofScots · 13/04/2020 19:20

I’m going to start making enquires about IVF with a sperm donor.

Improve health.

Pepperwand · 13/04/2020 19:22

Eating at home more often. We usually have meals out at least 3 times a week and I'd have sworn that I'd be desperate to get back to that but I'm really not. Being forced to eat all meals at home has saved us money, I've actually lost a couple of pounds without even trying and now I feel that having someone else cook for me then do all the washing up would be a massive luxury. I'd like to maintain that view of it being a treat....because it is and I didn't have that perspective before.

Bubblesbubblesmybubbles · 13/04/2020 19:22

We were always out and about before, we actually plan to spend more time at home! Its shown us how much we can get done and still enjoy ourselves without needing to go anywhere

We also plan to move but that was our plan anyway

BasilDiffuser · 13/04/2020 19:26

Nothing. I loved my life. I can’t wait to get back to it.

Dontsayfuckorbugger · 13/04/2020 19:46

Im going to be spending less time at work. I work for NHS in pharmacy and it has been physically and mentally brutal for the last month. Im stressed and exhausted. The amount of verbal abuse me and my colleagues get every day from selfish patients every day has been unbelievable. I have barely seen my kids and havent had any time off since last August (was due a week off as Covid took off so it went out the window). I have missed being at home, my teenage kids, taking long dog walks and just being a mum. I would love to be in a position where I could self isolate with my kids and stay put for weeks on end but I do not have this option. Please people stay at home and cuddle your children. Do not put you or them in danger like I have to. It worries me sick that I could potentially pass this virus to my family. We have hardly any PPE left at work and many people do not believe in self isolation as Ive seen first hand. I am at a loss as to how many self entitled people there are in this world. Stay safe everyone

Memphisblue · 13/04/2020 19:47

Go and walk near the sea.
Go swimming miss it so much.
Leave my husband

MigginsMs · 13/04/2020 19:53

Health and fitness as well here
Getting milk delivered in glass bottles

Echobelly · 13/04/2020 19:56

I dunno about when this is over, but I might have to re-learn to ride a bike (I barely learned in my late 20s, but then lived for years somewhere with no room to keep a bike) and get over my fear of road riding. I can imagine my office being able to open long before we'll be able to use public transport en masse to get there and, sad as it sounds, I'd like to get back to being in the office sometimes, and I think the only way that my happen in the next 12 months is if I can bike there.

ritzbiscuits · 13/04/2020 19:57

Keeping up my home exercise habits, I'm now exercising 4-5 times per week so want to keep that up.

Maybe travel abroad less often. I've learnt that I don't need to necessarily be on holiday all the time, we enjoy leisure time at home.

TwigTheWonderKid · 13/04/2020 20:01

Spend more time at home! Before this happened I was convinced I was an extrovert who loved seeing people all the time and the thought of not having something to do or somewhere to go outside the house would make me feel jittery. In the last three weeks I've left the house once and have never felt more relaxed or fulfilled just pottering about at home.

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