Bad lockdown habits you will need to quit

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I may be alone in this, but there are certain habits I have developed in lockdown that really won’t translate well back in the real world....a certain deterioration of social acceptability has developed, given I’m not ‘under public scrutiny’ so much...

Mine include but are not limited to:

• wearing clothes that perhaps need a wash, sometimes for many days. You can’t smell over Zoom

• shaving. Or lack of.

• talking to myself / the dog

• drinking wine on my own

• there’s something about my online shopping habits that seem very unhealthy. Buying ridiculous gadgets or ‘happy but useless objects’ on Amazon willy nilly so I’ve cupboards bursting with crap

• browsing the internet when I should be working...this is out of control for sure, and I’ve no idea how I’d cope in an office again where it’s not acceptable to have tabs permanently open with mumsnet, news, Twitter, wayfair, Amazon etc.

Not brushing my hair, I wear it up in a bun at the moment & it looks messily chic, actually i don’t brush it in between washes.

Wearing make up, I’m going to need to start again.

Haveing a lie in, that’ll end next week with Dc at school

Eating. I'm trying to cut back, food was a vice for me during lockdown as the only thing I could enjoy. I really need to lose weight.

Mouthing swear words under my mask, I have to wear in all day at work, I'm going to kinda miss it.

Netflix binge with wine.

Start drinking just water again too easy to have a tea/herbal tea instead

School run, as in dressed and equipped for the outside world by BEFORE 8am!

Thinking "oh that's ok I will do it tomorrow"

Social personal hygiene.

Buying books, then taking books out of library, too many books.

Drinking wine
Farting

Getting out of bed 15 minutes before I start work 😂

Not washing my hair as often because I only have to make it look nice for the screen

I need to make the effort to go out. I walk the dog and go to work, but I don’t go out for any other reason and I feel that I’m going to have to make a huge effort to get out.
I get food delivered, and then I’m quite happy to do a bit of cleaning and watch TV.
I am also going to have to stop pulling faces at dickheads behind my mask, before we stop wearing masks 🤣

Yesterday I got out of bed 10 minutes before I started work, dry shampood my hair, flannel washed my upper body and put a top on, made a cup of tea and logged on. Spent the whole day in my pj bottoms since nobody could see my lower half. On a day with no meetings I have been known to park my laptop next to bed and get logged on without even getting up I don't know how I'm going to get up 90 minutes before work to shower dress and commute.

Brushing my hair
Washing my hair
Wearing make up
Having to squeeze all housework into weekends and evenings
Not drinking wine until home from work (the occasional glass has been snuck in at 4PM on tough days )

Watching crappy TV. And most of the above too.

• Changing my definition of clean clothes to "freshly washed and ironed" from" I can probably get away with this for another day"

• Talking to myself freely and loudly behind my mask

• Farting luxuriantly whenever I feel the need

I’m going to miss wearing leggings all the time.

I'm going to have to stop wearing my pyjama trousers all day everyday!

They are just so comfy
I'm not sure I can ever wear jeans again

I also let my hair get very greasy before washing it but once the school run starts I will have to wash it more often!

@hellywelly3

I’m going to miss wearing leggings all the time.

I'm really going to miss that.

I put some 'proper' clothes on a few weeks ago to go to the supermarket just for a change and I felt shackled . Especially proper shoes

I fear I have become feral

I've managed to be way better this lockdown than last year.

Daily exercise. And washing. And make up if I'm going out. And shaving when needed.

But.

I haven't got out of bed before 8am for weeks. Because DH is still up for work he gets up with DC and I get up later.

Next week will be a shock!

Cake for lunch, because colleagues can't judge your packed lunch at home.

Eating junk food and a drink at bedtime.

I will miss going to bed early. (I'm furloughed currently but work evenings normally)

Too much time on Mumsnet. I wake much earlier than I used to.

Not rushing to shower after a run - after all nobody can smell me on Teams.

Flicking through mumsnet on my phone off camera when meetings get boring .

Walking on the spot and lifting weights when meetings get boring.

I go to a lot of boring meetings.

Too much time in bed
Too much time on my phone

Letting my kids stay in their pyjamas until 10am
Looking at my phone far too much.

I’m still in bed ... work laptop next to me. I’ve no idea how I’m going to be up, washed, dressed smartly (ish) and out of house for a 7.30 train

Oh and the 5pm wine habit also needs to stop ...

Getting up before 8am

Also I smell....

Yes I'm going to miss the leggings so much!

Also no cheese toasties for lunch- I can't very well carry a breville into work.

And having the tv on in the background while I work.

Wandering off to watch TV/eat/play PS in the middle of the day when things are a bit slack