What one thing do you do to increase quality in your life during Lockdown?

[lolawasashowgirl]

A few years ago there was a brilliant thread on here about small ways to increase your quality of life. It gave me a real boost when I was feeling down in the dumps. Although I totally support the lockdown I'm really flagging psychologically and sometimes feel there is nothing to look forward to. I'd love to hear your ideas on how to make each day a bit more pleasurable!

Go out for a walk or other exercise.

spend time wandering around the garden every day really noticing the small changes

Run every day, and leaving my phone upstairs until 4pm (if it's urgent they'll find me on the landline)

Buy really nice food and wine 😉

We've bought a hot tub (or chavvy sex pond as it's been named by MN)

Also second the plan and cook nicer food!

Drink a massive gin cocktail at 5pm

Get fresh air and exercise. I'm also moisturising after every shower instead of my old slapdash when I remembered routine. Hoping to emerge from lockdown looking and feeling better than when I went in!

@NurseJaques 'Chavvy Sex Pond' 🤣🤣🤣

Reading paperback books and pretending to be on holiday!

Loving these suggestions thanks so much ❤️❤️❤️ keep em coming!

Put the radio on and sing along to the songs, annoying my children at the same time!

Sit in the garden as much as possible.

Try out a range of tea flavours and types of chocolate.

Listening to birdsong every day.
Taking time to really listen.

Also, plant some fruit & veg plants and watch them grow and hope the slugs don't demolish them

Mines so silly - but since the weather turned warmer I bought a sprinkler - nowt to do with keeping the garden watered - for running through for fun.

Walking a lot and also bike riding ever few days, have found lots of lovely places not very far from my house that I did not know about.

Home cooking!! So much nicer then ready meals.

Playing backgammon with DH every afternoon sipping a gin!!

@Grumpylockeddownwoman not silly at all - it's a fantabulous idea. I want your username too

Opening the Wine, Gin, Pimms or other bottle of choice a little earlier every day

@nursejaques - chavvy sexpond lol thank you for making me laugh and giving me something to imagine on my way home today

I have been reading books in the garden, properly stopping and enjoying the slower pace of life, cooking more meals that take a while rather than speedy meals, lots and lots of fruit and veg as I can now properly plan to use them and feed them to the children all day long.

I also have phone free time.

Dancing and being silly with the kids.

More sex.

Consuming huge amounts of chocolate, gardening, crafts.

Mine is staying in touch with people via Zoom / Skype. I've now got so used to it I can forget we're not in the same room!

I walk 10k a day, I've spent a fortune on amazing plants which I enjoy looking after, I spend another fortune on nice M & S food and I give myself regular pedicures. Lots of things really

Wine and nibbles. Quite enjoying a sparkling rose with ice in this hot weather and munchingbin some.salted peanuts!!
Yum!! I feel enhanced trying new bottle of wine every day.

Coffee together with DH every morning and a crossword. We call it our coffee date and sets us up for the day. He’s a teacher WFH and we couldn’t do it preCovid as he’d leave really early for school.

A very kind mnetter gave me a dolce gusto coffee machine and we all have a frothy coffee every day, it's really nice and feels like a real treat.