Are you busier than normal whilst on lockdown or really bored?

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I'm run off my feet at the moment. Self employed in essential services sector. Working 6-7 days a week. Trying to keep my business afloat and keep staff and customers safe.

DH in same role so also v busy.

DD(10) is off school so I'm also trying to keep her occupied/ school work done.

My cleaner isn't coming so I've got to try and keep on top of a slow slide into total filth.

And my parents are self isolating so I'm responsible for sorting their shopping and prescriptions.

Oh and I'm 4 weeks on from having Covid19 and still not 100%.

I see so many posts and memes about being at home and bored. Oh if only. I'd LOVE to be bored.

I'm neither too busy or bored. 🤷‍♀️

I’m pretty much in the same boat as you OP and I’m exhausted.

Full time work (which seems to be busier than normal), 24/7 parenting, educating, cleaning (bring back my cleaner), cooking (what feels like 26 meals and snacks a day), caring for parents (shopping etc) and I have never felt so tired.

I try to focus on the fact that I’m lucky to be still having an income and be healthy but it’s bloody hard.

DH is working from home but workload has doubled, many other staff are furloughed on full pay. I've got 2 kids at home, 1 with ASD to help with no school so busier than usual. But all work on old house has had to stop and planned work for this which is urgent is not happening. Probably busier overall but manageable.

DH is work from home, He is busier than normal, nonstop web meetings. We have 3 younger children who are remote learning atm so I do that, keep them entertained so they don’t interrupt his work and still work 2 or 3nights a week. I am so fucking tired. And the stress is playing havoc with my sleep. No choice but to keep going and hope we both still have jobs at the end of this.

Furloughed, no DC and can't leave the house as shielding so yes, not busy at all!

Much, much busier. Have had to ignore or hide all things about being bored. Not a chance of me being bored for the foreseeable future.

Horribly busy. Work is mad (I always wfh, but with no one travelling, or wasting time in the offices everyone else is coming up with extra things, plus theres a lot of extra work caused by COVID). DS who is in yr9 needs nagging to keep actually working. My dad died 3 weeks ago, and my mum had to move into care so I am dealing with all the things from his death, taking over mums affairs and trying to work out how I will clear their house and sell it. Oh, and MIL is terminally ill and she and FIL need food arranging and I have to try and interpret what is actually going on for the family.

Back to busier on Monday (have been on annual leave and school holiday from 'home school'). Am a keyworker so still going out to work 13hr shifts, then on my days off from that job I am a teacher, trying to work out how to teach and entertain 2 DC quietly in a small room (DH is working in the other room) with 1 ipad when all the work is set online. Also, trying and failing to do housework, forced to have lengthy zoom family meetings etc

Oh, and completely coincidentally our cleaner finished the week before lockdown as she's retiring, so have gone from 6 hours of her to zero. And DH does totally his share of house stuff but is also busy with work

Busier because all the kids are home 24/7 and constantly need feeding and washing up after!

Sorry to hear about your ddad CMOT x

Busier by far. Three children to homeschool, one with special needs, a full time job I'm doing remotely, a whole house to clean and sheets to wash and iron.

Plus endless cooking for all these massive children who are always hungry.

Also trying to grow some veg and make bread and work out how to get everything I need into my one delivery a week. Which is weirdly tricker than it sounds.

Usually of the above I only do my job as we have a cleaner and send the sheets to the laundrette. Obvs I do food delivery too but it's not so important as usually if I forget something I just pop out and get it.

The hardest thing is coping with our SEN child. We are exhausted.

Yes I'm also trying to care for elderly parents miles and miles away

I'm bored at work. Overstaffed with less work than usual so I'm going into work to mix with the public and clock watch for no reason other than I can't afford not to. I'd love to be bored at home.

Such a relief to see everyone so busy too - I thought it was just us!

Not sure that I am more busy or just feel it due to different pressures.

I'm working full days from home in a sector which supports vulnerable people. It's so much more focused and time consuming than doing it face to face and keeping up with fast changing regulations and policies is taking extra time.

My DH is furloughed, but he has serious MH illness and is struggling, his usual coping methods are being sorely tested. This is taking up a lot more of my time and energy than usual. And even though he is off he hasn't taken over the tasks that our cleaner does, not with the same vigour anyway

I don't think I'm using my down time as constructively as I usually do either, I feel a bit confined, restless and unmotivated.

I would say less busy, not because I don't have anything to do - I'm still working "full time" (except, I'm not, it's more like 20 hours a week) and dh is self-employed (works from a workshop, but also from home office some days). We are doing more balancing between work and children, as have a toddler and primary age dc at home. But my life is slower and quieter. I normally am up at 5:30 many days commuting into Central London, packing breakfast and lunch to take to the office, sometimes dinner too, not home until 7-8pm. Usually exhausted! I am busy, but life is at a slower pace and I'm not constantly traveling somewhere or staying up late finishing a work project (because no one else is really working at the moment and I can't be asked to put in late nights when work pace has slowed down to only essential stuff). Many of my colleagues are NHS and being re-deployed for COVID, so there is less they need from me because our work has paused to a certain extent.

Bored ? I look forward to that day. I'd love sit down and relax listening to a cd and reading a book.

I feel I never bloody stop long enough. OK, I keep myself busy but it's all, 'life admin'.

My husband is wfh so I do all the rest of the admin and co-ordination. As soon as I cross something off, I think of something else to be done.

I don't like these 'bored' memes either. Or the meme's about how much weight people are putting on. Why ? Oh, ok, several trips to the fridge/cupboard.

However, I'm on the lock down weight loss thread. I get up with my husband, we eat breakfast together, he washes up then is wfh all day. I do a couple of hours exercise then it's all life admin all day.

I'm in the bored camp, sorry! I'm on furlough and only one DC to take care of.

Pretty busy on my working days actually as I deal with the A/R.

We currently have about $3million to collect (much of that not yet overdue) and I am to oversee that this all comes in. Nonl pressure there then!!!

I assume things will die off though as we went seel much in Q2, ergo nothing to collect.

(I work for a niche software company)

• Nonl = no

Jesus

We wont sell much in Q2

I swear MN are fucking with what I type

If only there was a way to edit??

Oh wait

Sorry to all you busy folk. I’m pretending not to be bored, but really am. I’m not arty, can’t knit, can’t sew, have square eyes from reading. I don’t want to learn to speak a foreign language or dance like an ejit in my living room.

I’m fed up of being polite to people as I move away to make room for them on the pavement while they ignore me. Cyclists who seem to think they have the right of way everywhere and nearly cycle up my arse.

I have had enough of pretend happy on Thursday evenings with neighbours banging pots and clapping, then posting on Facebook what a great community we really are.

I just want to hold my new Grandson and hug my other grandchildren.

Busier during the week and less busy at weekends. Weekdays i am working and will be helping with home learning again next week but weekends we are usually at various clubs so that is less busy.

Less busy, but not geberally bored. Mostly quite enjoying the down time. Weekends are dragging a bit though.