Let's take the positives from the 'new normal'

[chocolatesaltyballs22]

This might be unpopular but I felt we needed a bit of balance to all of the threads moaning about the 6 person rule. What aspects of the current rules do you quite like? Here are mine:-

No more fighting to get served at the bar, when you can get served at your table.

If your mask is big enough it can double as a sleep mask when you fly home from your hols.

If you don't particularly like people, like me, it's good that they're not allowed to get too close to you!

The 6 person rule is a good excuse not to meet up with those family members you never really liked anyway.

WFH means you can get your washing hung out whilst on a conference call, prep dinner, go to the gym in your lunch break etc.

Come on people, let's think positive!

I really like the staggered start times at school.
I really hope they keep that.
It makes drop off and pick up so less hectic and the traffic seems lighter too.

I agree we need to think of this as the 'temporary normal' not 'new normal'. I'm accepting we'll have a shit winter but still hoping for more normality back in the spring

Anyway we can't change the situation so it's good to look out for positives .

Mine pretty much stem around working from home . No commute so my life is so much more relaxed . Was able to make the most of the good weather we had and sit outside for an hour on the afternoon , walk the dog, do an online exercise class . Easier to keep on top of household tasks too, stick the washing on. Take supermarket delivery etc

I have also found that after the period of full lockdown as we got freedoms back I really appreciated things I would have taken for granted before , eg the excitement that we could go out to a garden centre (), trip to the zoo 'because we could ' etc. We went away to Wales the week before pubs and restaurants were allowed to open indoors and normally we would be morning that we couldn't go out to eat (mostly the only places open were drinks only ) but we were just so pleased to be able to get away .

I'll be honest and say absolutely fuck all 🤷‍♂️.

I’ve got a new job which is more money than the old one

How about "free" government handout benefits for some "workers" to stay at home and out of trouble? Of course we will eventually pay back all the public borrowing.

nope ,working in a supermarket throughout the panic buying (being shouted at)restrictions of items (shouted at)not enough staff(shouted at)lockdown(shouted at),and the panic buying has started again (shouted at)

although there have been lots of negatives for me (work in NHS - job horrendous, dc out of school, dc GCSEs and A levels messed up etc...) I can see some positives, and trying to focus on positive thoughts really helps.
For me the positives have been:
Glad to have a large family (me, dh and 6dc) as always had lots of company and could do fun things such as games nights etc...
Made me get much more organised - tidied house, sorted food shopping and storage, etc
Made me get back into things I have previously loved but got out the habbit of doing such as gardening and baking and knitting
Changed my shopping habbits a bit for the better (eg now have milk delivered from a local farm)
Made me really apreciate a lot we have to be thankful for - health (currently), and job security being the main ones