"Doing quarantine better than you"

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Even if a situation like this people manage it...
Fb pics of children adoring homeschooling... craft in the garden... blah blah

Or people posting their fabulous schedule of yoga at 6 am followed by a light breakfast then a bit of work blah blah...

I'm just proud not to be drinking before 5!!

Saw a post where a couple of kids were actually wearing their school uniforms for homeschooling. Bloody cringy

Your post made me smile as I know someone posting beautiful homeschooling type pics each day and i did wonder why the need to do that and how long could you keep up that level of enthusiasm and energy but I concluded that she's working very hard to keep it all going and feels the need to show people that she's managing to do all these things. That's all. She and I are in similar situations and while she's posting pictures and videos I wonder does she wonder why I'm not or perhaps thinks I'm not being quite so fruitful with my time! But I just like her pics, they're lovely and get on with my life here, taking photos myself at times, but not sharing. Right now we're all just getting through.

Saw a post where a couple of kids were actually wearing their school uniforms for homeschooling. Bloody cringy

Dd7 actually wanted to do this - I had to refuse as there was none clean .

I don't see the problem, I'd rather see nice positive posts than people bitching about others- that's far more unpleasant. School sent a comprehensive 9-3 timetable of work home for dc so we did spend the day doing that, especially for my youngest keeping some sort of routine is important

Theres positivity and then theres people posting bollovks, because it make them feel superior.

I used to own my own business and met and worked with lots of 'influencers', I still know them now.

They arent spreading positivity. They are spreading lies, designed to make other feel like shit and make them look better.

Lots of non influencers follow the same format, in the hope of becoming and influencer.

Lying on social media, to make yourself look better and make other feel crap, isnt positivity.

Why don’t people give everyone a break from marketing themselves, during a pandemic at least. It’s a tedious habit. Do what you want but why post.

@ CappyCapCap that really made me laugh

I don't have any 'influencers' on fb, just lots of friends trying to make the most of a bad situation and sharing that with (who they think, possibly not always the case) are their friends and loved ones, at a time where they can't physically spend time together.

I was drinking at 4.59pm. . . so get you with your smuggery, lol.

Me too

Same here, midnightstarr66. Maybe liking the people on our FB feed is why we see it differently?

I think social media is a godsend and a great way to connect with friends

I don't really get the negativity, I don't have a single influenster on there I guess. Just regular people trying to muddle through

There has been a nice sense of solidarity actually

Maybe time to assess who you "follow"

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posting their highlights is probably how they are coping. It doesnt mean their whole day is smooth. Im really not doing this very well either

Agreed @Branleuse

I think I'm a smug Lockdown Facebooker

I run every day and post pics of where I've been. I live near some lovely countryside. I have decorated and spent a lot of time cleaning

In reality though I'm worried sick about corona for several reasons and inside I'm an anxious mess. And this is how I cope

Zombie thread... This was so lockdown 1. It now seems like a little piece of history.

No one is pretending to enjoy this anymore.

Turn off all SM, that is the only way you are not going to be drive insane.

@CappyCapCap

Well not to brag

I got up at 5am (forgot to turn off my alarm)
Went downstairs and did some stretches (dog had an accident in the kitchen so I stretched to clean it up)

I then had a light breakfast and speciality coffee (frosties and asda specially selected Italian blend instant coffee).

Then spent some time in the garden enjoying the outdoors and balancing myself for the day (was cleaning up dog shit in the garden)

Then did a bit of work (only managed a bit because I couldnt get dual screens working and the speakers ar inexplicably not working for microsoft teams).

Then DP brought me croquet monsieur for lunch, which we enjoyed on the patio while ds and the dog floricked around the garden (I made ds to outside and get some fresh air , becaus he looks downright pasty, while me and dp had a ham and cheese sandwich sat on 2 plastic chairs on the paved bit at the back of out terraced house. Ds had cheese on toast)

I then did some more work (actually got it working with the help of some well placed F words and the IT team).

Now I am relaxing in a luxurious bath that my dp loving ran me. (Dp usually has the house to himself during the day so has found it a bit full on having us here interrupting his routine, he ran me a bath because I burst into tears, terrified about corona, my job, my kids, my parents and , probably, because he wanted some time alone, without the background noise of me swearing at my laptop.

See op, depends on how you write it. My day was normal. But I could make it sound oh so much more glamorous.

The people I know who post shit like this forget we known them in RL and I would bet money, they are talking shit.

If that's what they are doing to pass their time then why shouldn't they post it? I am definitely not one of those but I don't mind seeing the pictures and thinking ah that looks great - shame I can't be bothered to do it, maybe one day! Tbh it's no worse than the competitive how little I've done, how much crap I've eaten today, We haven't even got dressed for a week posts which for some reason is seen as very cool and people seem to bond over, as evidenced here. Fwiw I think they are exaggerating too and they've probably done plenty they aren't mentioning.

Although this is a zombie and relative to lockdown 1 I still have one performance mum on my timeline. Starting to suspect she’s either a robot or an alien.

I joined a lockdown with the kids home schooling page and the things people are doing are pretty amazing and I'm impressed. There are some amazing ideas and I don't doubt throwing themselves in to it is helping some people cope, as well as passing the time and doing a great job of continuing their kids education. Not sure why anyone should have a problem with that. Maybe they post to share their ideas for those who are interested.

Was feeling jealous of @Cappycapcap in her garden eating lunch on the patio when ours is well below freezing and still has the remains of a science experiment from the beginning of the week that no one can face clearing away. Then I realised zombie thread from balmy March last year. Phew she is probably cowering inside like the rest of us dreading that the children will want to go for one last sledging trip in the biting cold wind.

Some people use facebook as a bit of a record of what they have been doing. They don’t record the shitty bits. I would rather read posts from folk who are baking with their kids or out on a nice walk than those who do nothing but moan or provide every detail of their up and down relationships. I sometimes post that I have been batch cooking healthy food as it is something I am proud of when I manage it and also something I enjoy. It doesn’t mean that we never have a takeaway or some oven chips. It is not my whole life!

Doing lockdown is not a competition so try not to treat it as such.