I’m going to be honest, and people might think I’m weird, but I really like Lockdowns (and I live on my own)!
When the first lockdown ended, and then I was back in work in September, I had post-lockdown blues like you get after coming home from a Summer holiday but they lasted for a good six weeks.
I like the lack of work stress (and I am in work a few days a week, all week next week in fact, but it’s very different, far more relaxed and I can choose when I go in)... I like the pace of life, I like the laidback feeling... I like reduced traffic (more noticeable in the first lockdown)...
And I loved waking up naturally to no alarm every day (found I was waking at around 08:00 every day), and having time to shop well, cook well, eat healthily and exercise every day.
I had a one-man health revolution.
Yes, I miss going to the footy, the pub, to gigs, seeing and chatting to beautiful women; but all this has made me wake up to the fact that there’s far more to human life than getting up and going to work every day slogging our guts out.
All the time and effort I was putting into work, I was putting into my health. I felt and looked like a new man, my brain altered, I was thinking more clearly and more positively, I was all round sharper and more confident.
I’ve sorted out a new wardrobe (after losing weight), sorted out my music collection, kept the flat clean at all times (hard when I have my periods of time in normal times in work when I do 12 hour days!), got rid of my car, bought a bicycle, started cycling and running to work when I need to go in... none of which I would have done without lockdowns and more spare cash because I’m not going to the footy.
I realise this is all very selfish while people are getting very ill and dying. I’ve had a few extended family die from Covid, myself. Also got some mates and family who are struggling financially. But as an individual I’m going to miss this life when everything returns to normal.
