To ask what you will not go back to doing?

[Galwaygirl]

For me, I realise after weeks in lockdown that I spent a fortune on kids clothes that they never wore, way too much and getting on fine with no new purchases!
Also, spent a fortune on make up and skin care that o am still using, makes me think I was living in a world where there was so much excessive expenditure on material thanks I did not need, will be mindful in future!

[Barney60]

I will not go back too head down ignoring people /strangers when out walking. This lockdown has made me realise that this is normal to a lot of single/divorced/widowed/elderly people not speaking to another person for days on end is their normal. I now find as I have more time to pass them with a smile/chat/ few words might be it for them for the day.

[angelfacecuti75]

I'll never take for granted the importance of seeing my parents or sister and how happy it makes me.

[Aglet]

Used to constantly buy " stuff" online, but have just binned off ebay for not resolving my issues with a shit online seller. Realised I don't need it anymore.

[Proseccoagain]

Have found out I don't really need any new clothes, just want them. Must have saved a fortune!

[Zenithbear]

Visit shopping centres. Soulless, draining and boring. You really can get everything local and online.
Not eating out so much. I'm a good cook and have learned a few more recipes over lock down.
We've been taking the dogs much longer walks 5 miles+ every day so we have continued with that now we're back at work. We feel so much fitter and my legs are as toned and glowing as they have ever been. I've missed swimming but not so much the gym so will probably go back.
Only doing a big shop every few weeks now. I got so fed up with queueing that I started shopping at the small express minimarkets. In and out in 15 minutes and enough to keep us going.

[Egghead68]

Shopping in shops, gym, regular haircuts, Botox (although maybe), restaurants (except outside, until there is a working vaccine), taxis

[Santina]

Blow drying my hair, I have naturally curly hair and whilst i didn't dry it perfect straight, I like a bit of volume and movement, I haven't put a brush through my hair since my job ended in March. I wash and condition it, towel dry, turn my head upside down, run my fingers through it and spray a concoction I make to tame it. I just love it. The longer it gets, the heavier it gets and I'm loving it.

[thea543]

Not having my false nails done............what a waste of £30 every two weeks wont be doing that ever again.

[fatimashortbread]

I will say goodbye to Netflix it has been really poor over lockdown. Buying less from the supermarket and more from local suppliers. Wearing a bra!

[Susan1961]

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[Rafflesway]

Definitely not buying stuff willy nilly in the supermarket which we don’t really need at all. Meal planned during lockdown and have quickly discovered why we had 2 huge, full chest freezers in the garage. 🙄

However, biggest thing of all for me is to never waste another second with our adult dd again. (Only child) She has SLD and lives in a supported living apartment within a small, fantastic complex. Due to lockdown we haven’t seen or spoken with her since Mothers’ Day. 😢. We normally see her 3 times per week! (She would become far too distressed seeing us through a gate or speaking with us just on a phone as she doesn’t understand all this.). Staff have sent us lovely photos and did a video with her sending us a message and blowing kisses to us but then was asking if Mummy could come to visit her. Thankfully she is accepting the explanation from her carers fine but it is killing us. Until this blasted social distancing ends we have no chance of seeing her. Even 1 metre is useless to us! 😡

Can’t wait until we are all 3 reunited again.🙏

[Hlmartin]

I don't know how I'm going to action the changes that I have discovered I need to make but somehow I have to... My husband and I are both teachers, I trained 13 years ago when I came out of the Royal Navy and have had a career break as well as two lots of maternity leave but am still 'just' a classroom teacher (albeit in a large independent senior school). My husband, who is 2 years younger than me, has been out of the RN and in teaching for 4 years and is already a member of the Senior Leadership Team at his (small independent prep) school. I hadn't expected to feel so inadequate (and jealous, if I'm honest). I fear that I am going to have to change my own competitiveness, which is a pain as I am actually rather fond of it (weirdly).
I have started the process of not putting up with things that irritate me a bit - we have 3 cars as my DH and I both commute enough to not want to do it in a 25-year-old Land Rover but he chose his car without consulting me and has had 1st dibs on driving it for 4 years. I get the boring family car, because I work nearer to home so have to do the school runs in the afternoons. He, it now turns out, pretty much flatly refuses to drive the family car at all, so we're going to change it for one that he will drive to work 1-2 days a week so I can drive the fun, cool one some of the time.
So, the punchline to my very long and rambling post (sorry guys) is that I'm not going to go back to putting up with things that are uncomfortable any more as it turns out that 'putting up with things' is not obligatory (unlike the impression my upbringing has left me with).
I am also going to try and do some teaching tasks online (extra help for pupils can be done remotely I suspect, rather than staying at school to do it face to face) but my main thing that I will DEFINITELY be going back to is seeing people in person - I can't cope without it!

[RidingMyBike]

Sort out my career. I’d hoped to look for a new job during April and to maybe even have resigned by now, but the job market has dried up completely in my area!
Keep an eye on spending - it’s been quite an eye-opener how much we’ve saved.

I do miss things like soft play though, and being able to pop into town for a coffee.

[mynamesnotMa]

Wearing clothes

[dementedma]

Icouldhavechecked thank you. yes. It is manageable when I am out 5 days a week and some evenings and weekends, which my job entails plus trips away. Not so fine having to spend time together like this. Has brought things into sharp focus

[Boredbumhead]

Spending little bits in coffee and work lunches here and there. I've saved about £500 A month on lockdown and had as much fun without the cinemas and the trampoline parks (though we have bought some just out films on Amazon).

So yeah. I'll try not to buy much as we hardly need half the stuff.

[Boredbumhead]

Also I'll stop taking teachers for granted!

[Boredbumhead]

putting up with things' is not obligatory (unlike the impression my upbringing has left me with).
That's very profound actually

[SistemaAddict]

I'm going to stop frittering away money on food on a daily basis and stick to a weekly shop. Weekly delivery or in store shop once allowed out. I've opened a basic savings account today and transferred £100 into it. It's a start.

[Allmyarseandpeggymartin]

I’m going to make a conscious effort not to worry about things I can’t control.

I’m going to continue with the gardening- very therapeutic

[emilybrontescorsett]

I’m going to continue not having my lashes and nails done.
I haven’t worn heels since lockdown and can’t see me wearing them anytime soon.
I’m going to continue gardening and making sure we always have lots of perennials and shrubs in the garden.

[Crescent11]

Travelling to an office five days a week.

[sadandlonely2020]

I won't be buying as many designer clothes, shoes, bags, skincare, makeup and perfume. Lockdown has made me realise just how much I have and how little I need.

I'm over the whole consumer culture. I have a few hobbies that I'll still purchase for but that is it.

During lockdown I've managed to save up for a luxury holiday that I'll book as soon as we can travel again. Probably sometime in 2028!

[Santina]

It'll be interesting to re-visit this thread in another year and ask the same people if they stuck to the changes they proposed, especially the posts regarding over consuming clothes, products and take out lunch/coffee and nails etc.