Nothing. Lockdown was the moment everyone else started living the way I pretty much already did.
Hey me too! I had friends and family asking me how I got through the days and now we all read a lot and have many plants.
I learned how to grow mushrooms and now I always have an ample supply.
I learned to stop caring so much about work. I slam my laptop shut with a vengeance at 5PM, earlier if I feel like I can get away with it.
I learned to repair a carburator for a vintage motorcycle with my dad. I bought the bike with the carburator in a box for $300. I probably put around $500 more into it of which new tires cost around $200.
That was more than 3 years ago and still ride it today. I’ve done done some maintenance work myself, like changing the oil, brake pads and fluid, and other minor things.
Bringing life to something old always gives so much joy…
Better communication with my wife
Learned how to become a “home barista”. Instead of popping a pod in my Nespresso machine I grind my own beans and brew my own coffee fresh, every morning.
I learned how to move the ship backwards by alternating harpoon pulls.
This was before I realized that you could turn the ship using only the wheel even when you had no forward momentum.
But still, I felt like a genius the first time I backed the brigantine out of a dead end.
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Hiding alcohol from my girlfriend and family.
Wanna start a business? Vodka that comes in what looks like a 24 pack of Poland springs?
That’s not good mate, please get some help
It was a joke about dystopic pandemic days, and thank you for your reasonable concern. We have this worked out.
Cool, ok, good to hear. Lol sorry, I appreciate dark humor, but have also watched a lot of alcoholics fuck their life up and cause a lot of family problems.
Drinking is definitely fucked up. I’ve had problems with that personally, friends and family sure have had their own plus with me. Once it’s really going it’s difficult to do basically anything productive at all.
Ive learned: Lockdown is mainly good
-no mandatory work from office days
-i can go motorbiking on country curvy roads, without much traffic, and feel like im on a trackday
-low traffic calm streets
-sadly plaza people dont watch tv, but they go for a short walk to the hiking places, with their 5t SUVs to take a selfie to upload on facebook.
-our government (hungary) of course does not helps small businesses while hard times, but giving even more money to the dictator’s (orban’s) strawman (lőrinc mészáros), and spending billions on useless anti-snoring devices anti-snoring devices, and very expensive, but shitty and useless chinese covid vaccines.
The lockdown really gave us a look of how if we collectively tried to not ruin the planet, how much more fun it would be, it was so nice not to have a clogged nose every morning…
Disciplined working from home. Some people seem incapable of it, either due to distraction or at the other end of the spectrum, overworking themselves.
I allow some flexibility for errands and appointments, but I start and finish at the same time every day and take my lunch at the same time.
I’m one of those who can’t. Temptation to nap is too strong. Also I have that procrastination issue where I’d rather be cleaning the floor with a toothbrush than do work, so it’s hard not to do housechores when I hit a wall in my day.
On top of that, I need more face-to-face socialization. I just do. I need to go somewhere that’s not my house every day or I spiral and it’s not pretty.
How to quit an ‘essential’ job without any advanced notice and move 300 miles.
Okay, putting away the snarky attitude.
Resume and interviewing skills in my specific career. Pleasantly surprised with the job offers I got during the pandemic.
Learned how to make espresso at home, still do so every day.
I didn’t get a day off the whole time, but sourdough. Starter’s still alive, but I don’t make it very often these days.
Home surgery is still saving me money.
