What lockdown habit will you keep after this is all over?

[MyKingdomForACaramel]

I have a few I think

• click and collect for shopping (find it actually easier than delivery).
• weekly pasta subscription

Anything you’ve started that you’ll keep once we are back to normal (whenever that is).

Food shopping once a week

Buying cans of pop. I really like having one with food instead of a boozy drink. Which I'm not that into. Much fresher than a bottle and nice and cool.

Actually planning for snack food not having to pop out for it or go on the way to work for work food.

Doing quick little video calls with my sister and pre school nieces.

Reading. I am reading so much more now and have rediscovered my love of books.

Actually using the mini library of cook books. Which then involved meal planning and then click and collect. I saved £45 in one week by not mindlessly adding store cupboard ingredients that I already had in abundance!

Maintaining the large weight loss in lockdown 1.

Running x 3 a week.

Laundry and cleaning routines.

WFH, hopefully. 🤞

Using hand sanitiser. It’s effective against all manner of bugs, so I will keep using it to reduce my chances of getting coughs & colds, norovirus etc etc.

Not visiting or being hugged by people I'm related to. I've enjoyed the physical and mental distance
Meal planning and food delivery. Food shopping is utterly boring and if I do go to the supermarket I get tempted to buy stuff my waistline doesnt need!

Meal planning, and online grocery shopping - its saved me an absolute fortune.

Cooking - me and the kids have a range of cook books now and my middle daughter is showing signs of becoming a right foodie!

Walking - never realised so much natural beauty is on our doorstep

I have gone low contact with my family since Xmas and intend to stay that way. As much as it will hurt my mum, my siblings are toxic and my mental health is much better for not having to engage with them

Hand washing, I mean I wash my hands but I didn't wash them after coming back from a supermarket before covid. Also getting less takeaways, spending less money and keeping up the organising/cleaning

Brushing my hair once a week. The matted look suits me.

Going to bed earlier, I feel quite refreshed these days.

Keeping the video calls with long distance family. Why didnt we do it before?

I’m going to keep the click and collect going for all the repeat bulky stuff like toilet rolls cat food cat litter laundry stuff, basically use the same list. Easier than pushing a trolley of that stuff around the shop. Wil go back to choosing my own meat fruit and veg though
Although we are newly retired, I was trying to fit too much in to each day and am planning on keeping that down a bit
Will def try to keep up the daily walk or cycle

@Nsky

Duolingo, started French 10 months ago, going ok, it can only improve

snap!

Gin by post monthly, a little treat just for me!

Oh and reading in the bath in the evenings. I used to reserve that kind of indulgence for holidays but now have much more time as I hate watching too much TV and it’s lovely

When male business acquaintances of my husband try and kiss me on the cheek, I'll be telling them to fuck off away from me. I'll probably be more polite than that though!!

WFH.
The only things I've taken up in lockdown are Duolingo, and more recently, drinking.

Tesco click and collect, never did it before the pandemic and absolutely love it and wonder why I never did it before.

Watching BBC Bitesize. They did teenage idiolect / slang today

5:2 fasting, wearing my oodie at night, making proper coffee with the cafeterie and using cotton napkins instead of kitchen roll.

Gin subscription
Making a new cocktail every week

Daily walks after work with DH to decompress and chat about our days

Lunchtime walks

Jigsaw puzzles! - very relaxing

tidying and cleaning as i go rather than leaving it to the weekends to do it all