How you keeping yourself entertained?

Wanderer78 wrote: »

I just want to say thank you for what you do every single day for all of us, going to work must be a truly terrifying experience now for you

It really really is. And I’m not even ‘proper’ front line at the moment as we don’t have any cases or suspected cases on my wards yet, though it’s only a matter of time. It’s the uncertainty. The guidelines that change every day. The fact that I’ll be expected to do things that are outside my area of expertise. The fact that I’m worried about patients in the community who continue to have other medical conditions but who won’t come to their appointments because they’re scared- regular illness hasn’t stopped so I know these people are at home with their symptoms and conditions and not getting the treatment they need. And unfortunately, some people lie. They tell you they haven’t had respiratory symptoms and then when they show up they clearly do. But because you believed them when they said they didn’t, you took standard precautions instead of suspected-covid precautions. It’s an incredibly stressful time. I miss the simplicity of going into work, not worried about my safety, and coming home again without this anxiety that is so all-pervasive.

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I'm finding this lockdown this rather difficult to be honest. I've never found the idea of working from home all that appealing, and my usually legendary productivity has taken a hit as a result. It reached a 'rock bottom' for me last Thursday when I spent the day working from home while wearing runners, pyjamas bottoms, and an easy-iron shirt. It got so bad that I even started reading the comments part of a Journal.ie article.

This couldn't continue, so I sat down on Sunday afternoon and spent an hour working out a plan for how to deal with this extraordinary situation we all find ourselves in. My new routine is already bedded in, and starting to deliver positive results.

I won't bore you with all of it, but I practice meditation for 20 minutes 3 times a day. Upon waking; mindful eating at lunch, a loving kindness meditation at 8PM. I use the sauna twice per day, and am also glad of having invested in a Peloton bike when they launched in Germany. I've rediscovered my love of rustic French cooking, and look forward to the time I spend in the kitchen preparing the sort of food that you'd find in a small bistro in Lyon.

Apart from that, I'm using a wonderful app called Blinkist. It takes books (mostly, but not exclusively, about personal development, business, and current affairs), and distils them down into 15 minute vignettes.

Tough times. Hope everyone is ok.

Never thought of you as working class.

Doing a bit of programming.
Watching all The Netherlands games from the 1974 World Cup (DVD).
Picking up dog poo.

Reading Ulysses.
The unabridged 1922 version. End of lockdown may come to soon.

Working, studying for my degree, watching better call saul, playing Battlefield 5, running in my apartment.

I bought a lot of paint before the lockdown.
So home improvements, threw out old carpet, sanded an old wooden floor and painted it with floor paint, being an old house it looks more natural for the type of house it is than the carpet did.
So much other painting still to do...

Then I am language learning, two Romance languages, French and Romanian, two beautiful languages. I did French at school and it makes it a bit easier and Romanian is a language that is close to Latin in many ways, it is a toss up between Romanian and Italian to which is closest to Latin, but Romanian also words which have come from neighbouring regions.
I find language learning rewarding and thanks to having Romanian friends who also help, like with music to listen to.
Recommendation music wise is Carla's Dreams, Ngoc album, it has various music styles but it is so good. Give it a chance.

Then there is exercise, can walk around the fields and see no one just animals and birds. Do resistance training at home and generally stay fit.

Plus home cooking and baking.

Then TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime or Disney.
Chatting online with friends.

I limit my media coverage to the virus, initially I was devouring virus coverage but then knew I needed to ease off on it.
Overall I have enough to keep me busy and entertained.
Still have the garden to rescue when I finish painting which currently is not in sight...

only discovered line of duty yesterday, what a show

Aaron Wonderful Mesh wrote: »

I’m basically drunk every day, I feel accomplished if it’s not til the afternoon at this stage

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a2lC47PQ3Z0

Reading books
Watching films on DVD and blu-ray
Surfing the net

Still working (from the boxroom)
Cycling within my 2km
Making lovely dinners
Painting everything in sight
Working my way through that pile of books
Yoga using Zoom
Get together with friends using Zoom and wine
Bit of Netflix
Trying to resist the temptation to drink mid week

I must say, the fourth or fifth time I see last year's golf tournament, I pretty much know all the shots that they are going to take.