Do you feel life is on hold?

[ivykaty44]

Are we all just holding back a little bit from job hunting, booking holidays making plans with friends etc?

I feel that I’m just going to work & going home & staying there, haven’t been shopping for 10 days

I’d planned on going to Portugal at the end of this month but had to cancel those plans due to other reason, haven’t booked any holidays for this year or made plans with friends

Anyone actually make future plans?

Yes definitely and we haven't even gone full "lockdown" yet (I feel that's coming soon)

Nothing has really changed in our lives!
DS is still at nursery, both DH and I are working as normal. We don't really go on holiday anywhere but have a few weekends away here and there booked (UK ). Were still going to all the weddings we've been invited to this summer, still seeing friends as per usual, still shopping, still going to the park etc.
I carry hand San anyways so just applying a bit more frequently when out and about (mainly the park!), Lots of handwashing (DS is 3 so we always make a big deal about handwashing anyways to get him in the habit...and learn how to do his own!).
I don't know anyone even with a cough let alone any symptoms or need to isolate. No one has just come back from Italy or china, no one I know has any symptoms at all so, for now, im not worried.

This isn't going to be a short-lived thing by any means. We need to get on with life as best as possible. We cannot stop with everything long term.

For me it's life as usual.

Definitely. I am supposed to be applying for jobs but they are all in London and I would not want to attend interviews over the next few months in London as it means taking a 1 hour busy commuter train followed by the tube.

I am not going out anywhere aside from a weekly trip to the supermarket and dog walks. No theatre trips, no trips to the city, no meals out.

It hasn't so far changed my life in any way. The only thought I give it is 'I'm fed up of hearing about it constantly' tbh.
I have travel plans in April that unless cancelled by the airline I will be going on.
There's plenty of toilet roll in my local supermarket.
My kids are still going to school/activities as normal.
I'm still going to work.
I'm 'accepting the things I cannot change' yada yada yada

Life is way too short to be on hold. What's the worst that happens? you catch it and you die? So you wasted your last weeks/months? Hardly worth it.

I am changing a lot of my plans, but quite a lot work related so not just up to me. I am wary that it is possible the schools could close, and we need to manage around that.
I am not booking long haul holidays because who wants to be sent in isolation they could have avoided?

Otherwise, no, I refuse to have my life on hold. It might be different, but we need to make plans, do things and have a life. My kids will never get that part of their childhood back, I am not wasting it.

If we end up in hospital, which is unlikely because by that time there won't be any bed left there anyway, we'll deal with it then.

I get where you are coming from.
I think it's the "unknown" aspect and the uncertainty of it all.
I think at the moment thinking as far ahead as Easter is a challenge.

The biggest worry for me is (as others have mentioned) my daughter's GCSE's.

However, for now I'm still carrying on as normal.
The only thing I'm avoiding (and I realise this will sound bonkers!) is the Morrison's salad bar!

I’m trying to not let it change my plans too much and I’m not going to hide off from the rest of the world unless it’s mandated. Made easier by the fact that none of my loved ones are particularly high risk of dying from it.

Yes definitely and we haven't even gone full "lockdown" yet (I feel that's coming soon)

It wont.

I’m not in the UK (in the Middle East) but it’s definitely put our lives on hold.......

The schools were all closed here this week so I have the DC at home, they are both doing online/remote lessons but it needs a fair bit of input and help from me (they are year 5 and 7).

Our main issue is travel, if we leave to go on holiday or back to UK for a visit then there’s the concern we won’t get back! At the moment there’s 15 countries on the banned list and the only people allowed back in are nationals. We’ve cancelled a holiday for Easter as although the country is ok for now it’s changing so quickly and we can’t risk not getting back for work and pets and our whole lives........

Nope I've just carried on as normal which would be easier if my 5DC didn't take turns to moan at me about the fact that I'm not staying home under a hazmat suit because I'm immunocompromised.

I just think I've survived whooping cough at 3 a hit and run traffic accident when I was 9 that should have killed me,3 lots of pneumonia,several serious screw ups by our local hospital that should have ended my life so I've just been getting on with life as normal really.

But maybe I'm in denial and everything is awful and I should be worried sick?!

I don't know,but for now I'm not going to panick or put my life on hold.

We're still socialising. I wouldn't go to a sweaty night club and snog randoms but then i haven't done that in twenty years anyway. I'm happy to go out to a small restaurant as normal, there's no more risk there than I get each day going to work and school.

I wouldn't be paying for a holiday abroad right now but I'm hoping to still go on our booked camping holiday in the lake district in April (feel the lake district will need all the domestic tourists they can get with international travel sensibly limited). I work in a tourism related industry and am VERY worried about small businesses, this is likely worse than the foot and mouth year for them.

It’s not bonkers to avoid a salad bar. It’s common sense. Why be embarrassed about your risk assessment skills?

Made easier by the fact that none of my loved ones are particularly high risk of dying from it.

that's ok as long as "your" loved ones aren't at risk - you don't give a toss about other peoples' loved ones then!

Nope, still doing the same the exact same way.

Flying next week to France.

Only thing thats changed is I don't hug or touch my mum just now lol

Was at a conference in London (at Heathrow) last week, have a holiday booked in two weeks and WILL be going.

I am washing my hands more often but otherwise, not worrying. Its not a major risk for the vast majority of people, so my only concern is my mum. That worries me a little.

Yes and it’s affecting my mental health. Wish my dad was alive he was an amazing optimist!

But haven’t booked a concert and now possibly impacting DH big Bday plans in June where we are booked for France. In July we are in France for two weeks too.

Also holding out on booking my bday holiday.

I am a bit nervous but I am continuuing to work when I can. I am self-employed and most of my clilents have cancelled. That means no income. At all.

Applying for benefits won't work for a number of reasons and I don't get sick pay. There are a lot of others in my situation. I dare not spend too much money in case it takes six months for me to recover my income.

Yes! I hate it! But we won't risk spreading this any further than it already is so are keeping our distance from other humans as much as possible - hope there is the option to take kids out of school without a fine soon. I think our school is gearing up for it as they've got a new online education platform this week that the kids are practising using.

that's ok as long as "your" loved ones aren't at risk - you don't give a toss about other peoples' loved ones then!

there are loved ones dying of cancer every single day, children diagnosed with cancers that research doesn't even touch or get funding for.
Do you put your life on hold for them?

I do feel my life is a little bit on hold this morning. Waiting to hear back from admin if my lectures tomorrow and Friday are going ahead as planned or if they will be cancelled. Apart from that, just getting on with things as usual.

we won't risk spreading this any further than it already is so are keeping our distance from other humans as much as possible

Which is what everyone should be doing to help slow down the spread. Far too many people don't give a toss about those around them! But them, we live in a selfish world now don't we - sod everyone else!

Up to now I've carried on as normal however in 7 days time I am due to go to a large theatre event which is (was) sold out. I am in a raised risk group (over 50 with diabetes and hypertension) I have been very much looking forwards to it booked the tickets back in October but now I am if'ing and am'ing about going. Haven't made my mind up quite yet but with each day as it gets closer to it I am feeling less and less keen to go, theres no way thats I'd be able to stay 3' away from everyone else we'll be packed in shoulder to shoulder for several hours. There won't even be an interval (we were warned in advance when buying tickets) - I just think that probably its a "risk" not worth taking.

*Thats ok then, as long as your loved ones aren’t at risk - you don’t give a toss about other people’s loved ones,”

What a wonderful example of logical fallacy.