Coronavirus winners - an upbeat thread
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To offset the concern, anger, confusion, sadness of this situation I was thinking about some areas where people are winners or have positive outcomes etc. Here are mine let’s try and keep this one lighthearted if possible(!)
- I cut my own hair with clippers weekly to grade 0 as I have little hair and feel it more honest. Have done this for years. My hair regime has been unaffected by CV
- I spent 3-4 hours tracing and successfully fixing an interior rattle in my car that has bothered me for over a year which I would not have had time to do before
- I have decorated the house with the extra time available
- I have lost nearly 2 stone dieting as I was determined to come out of this with something positive to show for it
- have sold a load of old stuff on eBay for good prices and suggest you do the same as things are selling very quickly for good prices as people at home bored
- I cut my own hair with clippers weekly to grade 0 as I have little hair and feel it more honest. Have done this for years. My hair regime has been unaffected by CV
- I spent 3-4 hours tracing and successfully fixing an interior rattle in my car that has bothered me for over a year which I would not have had time to do before
- I have decorated the house with the extra time available
- I have lost nearly 2 stone dieting as I was determined to come out of this with something positive to show for it
- have sold a load of old stuff on eBay for good prices and suggest you do the same as things are selling very quickly for good prices as people at home bored
I'm not furloughed but working from home, so my positives are:
- Saving £50 a week on fuel to/from work (I've only been into the office 3 times in the past 6 weeks)
- Not having to get up at 5.30am to walk the dog and get ready to leave by 7 (dog gets a longer walk at lunchtime)
- Saving a fortune as the only takeaway open is Dominos with a reduced menu which doesn't appeal to us
- Being around to take in parcels rather than relying on neighbours or having to go to the local post office depot
- At the age of 39 finally grown a beard. Never did it before as it always looked scruffy for the first couple of weeks while growing it out.
- Saving £50 a week on fuel to/from work (I've only been into the office 3 times in the past 6 weeks)
- Not having to get up at 5.30am to walk the dog and get ready to leave by 7 (dog gets a longer walk at lunchtime)
- Saving a fortune as the only takeaway open is Dominos with a reduced menu which doesn't appeal to us
- Being around to take in parcels rather than relying on neighbours or having to go to the local post office depot
- At the age of 39 finally grown a beard. Never did it before as it always looked scruffy for the first couple of weeks while growing it out.
These are the types of threads I'm actually enjoying at the moment, there are hidden benefits out there if you're willing to look for them...
- around 3/4 weeks ago my daughter took her first steps, it was around 3pm on a weekday and if I was at work I would have missed it
- as others I'm sure, I've managed to decorate a fair amount, and repair a few fence panels that have been broken for years
- Whilst my wife is furloughed and I've been hit with a 20% pay cut, we were able to take advantage of the mortgage and loan holidays, whilst this is not an ideal situation it has improved our 'free cash' and result was we paid off credit card debt this month, all being well next month we'll be in a position to have hallway/carpet/banister done
- last of all, its forced both my employer and our client to accept that WFH is a genuine option when things return to normal, hopefully we'll carry on with this as we normally have around 120-150% overcapacity on office seating
Its not all been bad!
- around 3/4 weeks ago my daughter took her first steps, it was around 3pm on a weekday and if I was at work I would have missed it
- as others I'm sure, I've managed to decorate a fair amount, and repair a few fence panels that have been broken for years
- Whilst my wife is furloughed and I've been hit with a 20% pay cut, we were able to take advantage of the mortgage and loan holidays, whilst this is not an ideal situation it has improved our 'free cash' and result was we paid off credit card debt this month, all being well next month we'll be in a position to have hallway/carpet/banister done
- last of all, its forced both my employer and our client to accept that WFH is a genuine option when things return to normal, hopefully we'll carry on with this as we normally have around 120-150% overcapacity on office seating
Its not all been bad!
Floydey said:
- last of all, its forced both my employer and our client to accept that WFH is a genuine option when things return to normal, hopefully we'll carry on with this as we normally have around 120-150% overcapacity on office seating
Very good point! Hoping the same for my employer. We're not too pushed for office space but when everyone is in or we have area managers and people from other offices on site we end up double/triple parking in the office car park.Shaved my hair with pet clippers ...It went wrong and it didnt suit me, but I tried it and could get away with wearing a hat for a few weeks, plus we had a good laugh.
Still got work coming in thats great
Had loads of quality time with my kids and seen my youngest (2) grow up from home
Finally got round to starting my garden on the cheap, had to be creative as didnt want to go out and it looks good
Stopped pety arguments with friends and realised how important they are
The weather has been great!!
Still got work coming in thats great
Had loads of quality time with my kids and seen my youngest (2) grow up from home
Finally got round to starting my garden on the cheap, had to be creative as didnt want to go out and it looks good
Stopped pety arguments with friends and realised how important they are
The weather has been great!!
I've had time to:
Go on long bike ride,
Mend the fence,
Help my daughter with her homework,
Change my gearbox oil,
Bake a cake,
Watch an anime series with my daughter,
Strip my track car out and paint it,
Read a book,
Finish a video game,
Take part in an evening quiz,
Have a decent chat with my parents,
Get an early night with my girlfriend,
Have an online group chat with my mates.
I've been able to do all this in a week where I'd normally have done maybe one of these things at best. Whilst I'm sad about the current situation, I feel rather happy about my relationships and hobbies.
Hopefully most people can find something to enjoy at this trying time.
Go on long bike ride,
Mend the fence,
Help my daughter with her homework,
Change my gearbox oil,
Bake a cake,
Watch an anime series with my daughter,
Strip my track car out and paint it,
Read a book,
Finish a video game,
Take part in an evening quiz,
Have a decent chat with my parents,
Get an early night with my girlfriend,
Have an online group chat with my mates.
I've been able to do all this in a week where I'd normally have done maybe one of these things at best. Whilst I'm sad about the current situation, I feel rather happy about my relationships and hobbies.
Hopefully most people can find something to enjoy at this trying time.
Zetec-S said:
- Saving a fortune as the only takeaway open is Dominos with a reduced menu which doesn't appeal to us
We have a Friday night take-away as a treat during lockdown, a couple of weeks back we had a Dominos, it arrived and we sat down to eat. A few minutes later there was a knock at the door and the order turned up again! I tried to tell the guy we already had the pizzas but he just shrugged and said keep it, result!Saved about 250 quid in fuel this month decided to give up my unit and moved stuff to a storage container site which will save me £250 next month and the same in fuel depending when I go back to work. Also saved a bit in not buying tools for work usually £50 a week and not going to Gregg which is right next door to work so have saved about £20 a week on that.
Next up is selling up on my race stuff and looking to get a house later on in the year hopefully prices come down a bit.
Next up is selling up on my race stuff and looking to get a house later on in the year hopefully prices come down a bit.
I think I’ll make some positive changes after this. I’ve always been a bit of a workaholic, but think I’ll value friends, family, hobbies and leisure time a bit more going forward. Work seems kinda pointless at the moment and I regret wasting so much time on it when I could have been enjoying the simple things in life more.
Anyone else getting a better outlook as this is going on?
Anyone else getting a better outlook as this is going on?
dmahon said:
I think I’ll make some positive changes after this. I’ve always been a bit of a workaholic, but think I’ll value friends, family, hobbies and leisure time a bit more going forward. Work seems kinda pointless at the moment and I regret wasting so much time on it when I could have been enjoying the simple things in life more.
Anyone else getting a better outlook as this is going on?
Yep the same from Christmas till this kicked all ive done is work or go on courses for work a lot of people I haven't seen since x-mas of before.Anyone else getting a better outlook as this is going on?
May even throw the idea to work when we get back to normal to go too a 4 day week and recoup the hours in that 4 days and have 3 days off.
MG CHRIS said:
dmahon said:
I think I’ll make some positive changes after this. I’ve always been a bit of a workaholic, but think I’ll value friends, family, hobbies and leisure time a bit more going forward. Work seems kinda pointless at the moment and I regret wasting so much time on it when I could have been enjoying the simple things in life more.
Anyone else getting a better outlook as this is going on?
Yep the same from Christmas till this kicked all ive done is work or go on courses for work a lot of people I haven't seen since x-mas of before.Anyone else getting a better outlook as this is going on?
May even throw the idea to work when we get back to normal to go too a 4 day week and recoup the hours in that 4 days and have 3 days off.
Just questioning deeply what I want out of life and I think it’s a good thing to have pushed onto me.
dmahon said:
MG CHRIS said:
dmahon said:
I think I’ll make some positive changes after this. I’ve always been a bit of a workaholic, but think I’ll value friends, family, hobbies and leisure time a bit more going forward. Work seems kinda pointless at the moment and I regret wasting so much time on it when I could have been enjoying the simple things in life more.
Anyone else getting a better outlook as this is going on?
Yep the same from Christmas till this kicked all ive done is work or go on courses for work a lot of people I haven't seen since x-mas of before.Anyone else getting a better outlook as this is going on?
May even throw the idea to work when we get back to normal to go too a 4 day week and recoup the hours in that 4 days and have 3 days off.
Just questioning deeply what I want out of life and I think it’s a good thing to have pushed onto me.
finished a patio i haven't laid for 2 years, and finished putting the skirting boards and decorating two rooms I had converted in a loft 5 years ago.
Which meant I had a lot of time to think about life, and I also have decided for a change - the early retirement thing was very interesting when the sun was out and it was warm - less so when its colder and wetter as it has been this week.
Which meant I had a lot of time to think about life, and I also have decided for a change - the early retirement thing was very interesting when the sun was out and it was warm - less so when its colder and wetter as it has been this week.
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