What have you learnt from this pandemic?

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For me I am a naturally cautious person and tend to think of worst case scenarios on a daily basis. I am a catastrophiser.

Therefore I'm very reluctant to book things far in advance. I wouldn't book a holiday years in advance. Maybe months but more likely weeks.

This pandemic has reinforced that. I can't see myself booking a holiday for 2022/2023. I want to go away in January but probably won't book anything until December.
Seeing the hassle people have had to go through to get money back/travel insurance etc puts me off booking anything earlier.

What about you?

So many brave and dedicated people sacrificing their actual lives.

And yet...

So many complacent ninnies.

So many entitled twats.

I don’t like banana bread

That modern family can make you laugh even when you've been crying

Working from home has made family life so much less rushed. We can eat together more frequently, have more leisure time in the evening. My DH and I are getting on better for it too. I miss my office, but longer term only want to be in a day or two per week.

How important it is for me to exercise, lockdown has caused my back pain to get worse due to less general movement. I need to priority this above all else, as pain is awful.

I've been shocked at the amount of 'rule breaking' at the height of the pandemic. Neighbours having street and house parties when at the same time clapping for the NHS. It's unfortunately made me feel less close to them and we keep our distance now.

We are only a whisper away from full on 1984
I don't need a Sky Package, as it turns out I don't watch any of those bloody channels

@stayathomer Iv been watching modern family too. Love it, season 6 at the moment

That I dislike Facebook - all the virtue signalling.

That I am sick of being scared of everything and need to be more spontaneous/take risks.

For example, we have holidayed in the UK every year because I have a fear of flying. This year we were going to take the kids abroad, now we can't (for now). I spent so much time being scared of flying that I failed to see there are bigger things to be scared of.

Seeing the school work my kids were doing makes me think most of what they teach at school is pointless and there are really important things that should be taught that are not, such as cooking and finances.
I didn't like people much before but after this I really don't. People who I thought I knew have been completely selfish.
Ive also realised because of my dislike of people, how alone I am. I have no friends to see.
My son has SEN and has had meltdowns after meltdowns throughout lockdown. I feel like I have been imprisoned with him with no breaks and my own mental health has been negatively affected by it.
I always need something to look forward to. Life is just groundhog day now. Don't want to book holidays or other things anymore

That large numbers of people don't give a flying fuck about anyone but themselves, have no sense of social responsibility, will break any rule they do not perceive as directly benefitting themselves and are whining, self-indulgent and immature.

I'm talking to YOU, you non-distancing, non-mask-wearing, panic-buying twats.

Thank you, OP. Been wanting to get that off my chest for months.

That people are actually really selfish.

That the most of the good folk of my small town have absolutely no interest in, or control over, what their teens are up to.

That my ex is an even bigger arsehole than I realised (didn’t actually think he could get any worse!)

That I hate most of my neighbours

That I need to live somewhere with less people and more open spaces

How much I love my husband’s company! It’s been a tough time for me at work but the fact my marriage is better than ever is lovely.
I’ve also realised that people really can be kind in small ways but that make a huge difference.

That curtain twitchers are in their element

That quite a few members of my extended family are not quite as liberal or non judgemental as they might think they are.

That critical thinking is a bloody rare beast even in supposedly intelligent, scientifically minded people.

I already knew I couldn't work and home school as DS was excluded from school for a total of over 3 weeks between October and January. So I didn't learn that.

I thought I'd love working from home every day but I miss things about the office. I could probably manage it for the next year though.

I don't do much extra round the house if I'm home all day.

I only go out for lots of walks if the weather's nice and the DCs are home.

I get overwhelmed by things I pressurise myself to do.

I can't concentrate when the DCs are home and I am struggling to get back into concentrating now they are in holiday club.

That people are actually really selfish.
I'm torn on this one, have never heard of as many random acts of kindness of strangers and seen such loveliness around but since coming out of lockdown it's like this big huge angry divide has formed, people who believe in covid vs people who dont, people who want the kids back vs those who dont, people who want more opening up vs people who want more staying in. And everyone's loud and angry