How has your life changed?

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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,263
    I am finally coming into the office every day but that is not required and we maybe have 5% attendance in the office on four floors.   I live two blocks from work so I would rather just come in and work in an office with oddly less distractions than home and not much risk of catching COVID if smart and wash hands.   I play golf with buddies like normal.  I miss the travel.  I miss the feeling of getting on an airplane and going somewhere new or different.   I never thought I would miss being on an airplane. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    One of the ironies for me through all this is that even though I haven't had the COVID virus, I feel like my health has gone downhill anyway these last  four months.  T times, I don't have a clear head, I've had weeks of mild to moderate/ almost-heavy vertigo/ headache (nothing new, just more), I get really woozy when I do anything moderately strenuous (probably orthostatic hypotension again).  My stamina sucks.  I get waves of some feeling I can't describe, but maybe like charge air radiating through my upper torso up to my neck which sometimes radiates out from my solar plexus.  I'm getting grey faster (oh well!)

    Some of it is probably psych/mind-induced, but I don't like the word "psychosomatic" because it can be interpreted as  meaning someone only thinks they are sick but they're really not.  No, when I have vertigo or a headache, it's all too real.  And some of it is probably due to my suddenly leaving my job for the good of the store but the demise of my work life, which sucks. 

    Well, hey, I'm still alive.  I guess that will have to do.

    I hope y'all are staying well.

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Yeah, it seems like a whole lot of serious shit has gone down for me but if I start bitching here, I won’t stop. For a while. 

    So, definitely taking comfort that I’m alive, loved, and safe. Tough some days, though!
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    hedonist said:
    Yeah, it seems like a whole lot of serious shit has gone down for me but if I start bitching here, I won’t stop. For a while. 

    So, definitely taking comfort that I’m alive, loved, and safe. Tough some days, though!

    Be well as possible, and stay strong-- you are! 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    brianlux said:
    hedonist said:
    Yeah, it seems like a whole lot of serious shit has gone down for me but if I start bitching here, I won’t stop. For a while. 

    So, definitely taking comfort that I’m alive, loved, and safe. Tough some days, though!

    Be well as possible, and stay strong-- you are! 
    Thanks. Love, docs, and my reserves usually keep me going.  
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,955
    i've now cancelled my 2nd vacation because of this. 1st one was PJ in Nashville. now cancelled beach trip.  just can't be in a house with up to 12 people even if they are all family or heading to and onto the beach for a week.

    i barely watch tv anymore.  reading more, just chilling on the porch or deck outside more now.  helps it's summer and not really any sports. that could be a challenge come fall/winter.

    one positive has been i've never appreciated being busy at work as i do now.  i am just thankful that not only do i have a job, i have a job that has stayed employed the whole time and is now back to being quite busy.  


  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    pjhawks said:
    i've now cancelled my 2nd vacation because of this. 1st one was PJ in Nashville. now cancelled beach trip.  just can't be in a house with up to 12 people even if they are all family or heading to and onto the beach for a week.

    i barely watch tv anymore.  reading more, just chilling on the porch or deck outside more now.  helps it's summer and not really any sports. that could be a challenge come fall/winter.

    one positive has been i've never appreciated being busy at work as i do now.  i am just thankful that not only do i have a job, i have a job that has stayed employed the whole time and is now back to being quite busy.  



    It's such a strange year in so many way, but including not having baseball.  Japan has found a very bizarre way to fill the stands to cheer on the teams:


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,938

    Normal.

    I just cant wait to get back to normal.


    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    I value good health and spirits more than ever.
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited December 2020
    There was an active pornhub thread; now there isn't.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    tish said:
    I value good health and spirits more than ever.

    Well said, Tish. 
    I've become more motivated to walking everyday again.  My stride is getting a bit more brisk and time and distance increasing.  I get out of shape SO fast these days.  It takes a lot more push to get it going again, but I'm getting there.

    Hope y'all are staying well!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,632
    How has my life changed and how have I changed are two very different questions.

    My life has changed pretty similarly to how others' lives have.  More time at home (working full time, still). Less contact with others. No travel. No restaurants. No concerts or sporting events. Certainly less fun and excitement.  There have been silver linings, though. The lack of commute is nice. Also, losing the gym has had me out biking the Mississippi River trails and other parts of the Twin Cities.  More sun, less air-conditioned treadmill in front of the TV (of course, now I'm back on a treadmill at home more often than not). It's been nice to be out in the sun and I kinda feel like a sucker that I was just going to the gym on weekdays.  As an introvert, this probably hasn't been as hard on me as others.  Not to mention that I am married and don't have kids (i.e., not alone but no the monster headaches some of you parents have).

    Have I changed?  Hard to say.  I think I've been able to put my sports fandom in perspective. Losing sports in March (just before March Madness, which I love) was not nearly as hard on me as I thought it would be. I still watch sports but I don't live and die as much by what my teams do, which is good, considering I'm from Minnesota.

    I should probably learn some recipes or guitar or something but because I'm still working full-time, getting my daily cardio, and walking the dog, I don't really have that much more time on my hands. I might not be getting more cynical (since it was barely possible) but I am getting more and more frustrated with people who refuse to do anything to help out the greater good. My outlook on people because of this (and other things, mostly of the seditious variety) isn't improving.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    dankind said:
    There was an active pornhub thread; now there isn't.
    Son of a...!

    I came to post the exact same thing. 

    :pining emoji:
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Well, I bought some pepper gel and one of those deafening personal alarms, so I can finally resume my walks. Still with my guard up but not feeling quite as physically vulnerable.

    This beautiful weather will NOT go to waste.

    But yeah, life has changed, but not unbearably so. This time is actually precious to me. I can’t work anymore, so being “stuck” at home with a husband and two kitties has been a nice boon.

    Also introverted and not a fan of people in general, so this distancing thing hasn’t been too tough - except for not seeing my mom and sister as regularly as I used to.

    I guess, in the end, I’ve become more thankful for who and what I have, and less fretful about what I don’t. 
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    Holy hell! You have to arm yourself to take a walk! Geez...

    I mirror your other sentiments.
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • what dreams
    what dreams Posts: 1,761
    dankind said:
    There was an active pornhub thread; now there isn't.
    Given the disturbing content of the posted article, I'm glad it's closed. The comments on it, in my view, were completely tasteless in light of the suffering exposed. Sorry. 
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    tish said:
    Holy hell! You have to arm yourself to take a walk! Geez...

    I mirror your other sentiments.
    Yeah, a woman was robbed at gunpoint last evening just a few blocks from here. One of so many lately. It’s fucked up...and has zero to do with COVID or unemployment. People driving Teslas and BMWs to commit their crimes don’t strike me as hard-up, but what do I know :lol:
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,604
    hedonist said:
    tish said:
    Holy hell! You have to arm yourself to take a walk! Geez...

    I mirror your other sentiments.
    Yeah, a woman was robbed at gunpoint last evening just a few blocks from here. One of so many lately. It’s fucked up...and has zero to do with COVID or unemployment. People driving Teslas and BMWs to commit their crimes don’t strike me as hard-up, but what do I know :lol:
    Popping tents in their pants in Teslas? Where’s jerry?
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  • hedonist
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    Halifax2TheMax said:
    hedonist said:
    tish said:
    Holy hell! You have to arm yourself to take a walk! Geez...

    I mirror your other sentiments.
    Yeah, a woman was robbed at gunpoint last evening just a few blocks from here. One of so many lately. It’s fucked up...and has zero to do with COVID or unemployment. People driving Teslas and BMWs to commit their crimes don’t strike me as hard-up, but what do I know :lol:
    Popping tents in their pants in Teslas? Where’s jerry?
    Getting cah-fee, of course. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    Here is a very sad story about how life has changed for many people who live in California's agricultural valleys which produce much food for many places far and wide.  A truly sad tale:

    A catastrophic year casts a pall of uncertainty across California’s agricultural valleys




    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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