You have a time machine and can back exactly six months - what advice would you give yourself?

[Grumpylockeddownwoman]

Just that really - would you have quietly stocked up on hand sanitiser? Done something sooner? Taken up a hobby? Changed job?

Stockpile bread flour! Actually I bought 4.5kg of it today, made me very happy!

Don’t book that holiday to New Zealand for Nov 2020.

That’s going to a be a fun one to sort out :-( if the flights go but NZ require quarantine on arrival we are relaying on the travel agents good will to allow us to cancel and get a voucher. See what the situation is in August when the final balance is due.....

Oh I never shared mine! I wish I hadn’t have bought a brand new car (which is now barely used), hadn’t bought a load of summer clothes a size down ;was religiously going to the gym and dieting - that’s all gone to pot),

Don't ask exH to pop round and jump start your car so you can go and pick up DD. He will work his way back into your life and cause havoc again.

Totally unrelated to covid - I'd take anti sickness tablets on my Christmas holiday, the sea was so rough it was one of those crossings where EVERYONE was sick

Don't have the surgery you get a short notice appointment for in early March. It will go hideously wrong and leave you a lot worse off than you were pre op. Plus you won't get proper follow up due to clinics etc being cancelled.

Start the diet now.
Don't book the wedding!

Buy yeast and bread flour now. Have that huge party with friends and family. Don't buy that beautiful summer dress for the wedding 🙄. Go away for a spa weekend with the DH now, don't wait till the summer 🙄. Decorate DC bedroom now because come next year (lockdown) you'll all be at home with the DC, working full time and homeschooling and won't have time to fart 😁

Not booked that hotel room in Liverpool for next weekend or at least booked a refundable room. The hotel just want to give us vouchers, but I'd rather have a refund as I've booked another for next year (there are reasons why I dont want to go to that hotel, but that's another thread)

@JingsMahBucket

They are rolling in it.
So many cards been bought during lock down

I would’ve sorted my barnet out and gone on that ski trip we’d been talking about but put off until next winter. I love going abroad and will find it very difficult being stuck here until God knows when.

Stick to a strict diet/exercise progam

I'm a general prepper so I wouldn't need to . Ok, maybe get a haircut.

Not decided to end it with my FWB at the end of November. He said let's leave it open. I decided I'd like to see him again in mid January, he took a few weeks to persuade and now it is going to be a hell of a long time without sex

@bellinisurge hah! :)

@JustStayHome ohhh that makes sense.

Oh and on a very first world and vain note - don’t bother having Botox in February

Am so sorry for those that have lost anyone x

Go to Disney world now!

Buy flour, hand sanitiser, masks, and toilet roll. Have lots and lots of extended family time, meals, days out, just sitting and talking. Hug people.

Get some lots of diy stuff to redecorate.

Gets as many nights away with the hubby as possible

To apply for the job

Oh and on a very first world and vain note - don’t bother having Botox in February

Me too ! £180 wasted

Spent more time with the ones I love. Somebody very dear to me has passed away and I regret that work and other "life" stuff got in the way too often.

Don't change jobs.

Switch the pension fund to cash and bonds.

I'd have made sure DD was born by c section earlier into labour or even before i went into labour. Instead unbeknownst to me and Dh she struggled too much and then passed away. Sorry to ruin the spirit of the thread but it will always be my biggest regret that I didn't notice she was struggling and I feel I should have.