POSITIVES learnt from corona to stay

[OverTheRainbow88]

So what positive things have you learnt during this pandemic that you would like to continue going forward. I’ve learnt;

Pre covid our food waste was a disgrace and ill never go back to that! Meal planning saves so much money/time/food

I will check in with elderly neighbours more often, even if just for a chat if they are lonely

I can cope with my kids so won’t fear 5 weeks summer holidays

Physical/mental health is so important I will try and look after both of these better

I will eat healthy

I will reply less on my elderly parents to help with my kids

Nothing. The whole thing has been complete and utter shite. My life is in ruins and it’s all for nothing as far as I can see.

Our home and garden and town are AMAZEBALLS and I love it even more than before

@SengaStrawberry youre not alone.

Spending more time outside. I live pretty far north and it isn’t warm most of the time but I’ve a few of those Ikea fleece blankets and I now like sitting outside to socialise even if we need coats. I’ve ordered a firepit. I’ve also converted to doing my yoga outside on the decking whatever the temperature as long as it’s dry.

@ChateauMargaux thankyou so much. Thankyou for kindness as a family we have suffered so much and there is no light at the end of the tunnel yet .

Warm wishes to you

• That DH and I can muddle along quite happily with each other for weeks on end

• That we're pretty resilient, we both lost our jobs but have started 3 new businesses over lockdown

• That I'm very good at finding silver linings

• The simple things in life that don't cost that much money are actually brilliant (though I'll happily add country pubs back in)

• That we may yet still lose everything (house, etc) but that we've been able to still be positive, not stressed and enjoy what we have while we have it

So sorry @IfOnlyOurEyesSawSouls. I do try and see the positives but with no job, no money, family members with serious health issues and no treatment because of Covid it’s not always easy. If I didn’t have kids I’d have ended it by now.

I’ve learnt how fortunate I am.

This period of time has allowed the break in routine that my husband so badly needed. His anxiety and general mental health have been very challenging for him since August. He was getting counselling and working on looking after himself, reconnecting with himself but work remained a challenge - until lockdown. He’s had the time to clear his head, get his plan together and used the time to rewrite his personal rule book. He’s doing brilliantly, enjoying a job he had truly begun to hate. In fact last week he said that he loves his work.

I look back on the last 4 months, I cannot recall a cross word. There’s definitely not been an argument, when the schools closed (not in the UK) DH and I agreed that we would not sweat the small stuff with the teenagers. There are still rules but if their rooms went to hell, so be it. Harder than it sounds for me but it’s worked and I need to stay with it.

I’ve learnt that we don’t need to say yes to every invite. I don’t need to be going somewhere every weekend - days out aren’t needed every week.

None of us needed the volume of clothes I was buying.

Finally, I still spend too much money on skincare products

What a lovely positive thread! Makes a change to read something nice where people aren’t arguing or blaming others.

That my anxiety and palpitations were NOT being caused by my HRT, but most likely by the stress of trying to get DS2 through his A levels without him having a nervous breakdown (he has some SEN).

That DH CAN switch to using paper tissues and there is NO NEED for him to have disgusting handkerchiefs everywhere.

That my street and local community has lots of kind and funny people in it .