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Thank you Fluffy for sharing the website; thank each of you for sharing your day. A year and more, when I moved, did not hook up the television, am surprised I do not miss it ! Have enjoyed the Flash Mob on YouTube, some so joyous!
I've discovered the things I once thought were important aren't. I would attend so many pro sports events here in the area where I live. Season tickets. I'd watch on TV. I don't miss it. Stopped following. I attended concerts every year 4-6 or more a year - indoors, outdoors. Major acts. Don't miss it. Don't think I'll return when this is all over. It's a case of "been there, done that"......but the search is on for new things for my life. New routines.
Spending a lot more time on the house than previously. Just installed my new utility sink which will primarily be used for cleaning litter boxes and other cat stuff.
New floors coming next week. Next project is working on the den and back to riding bike. Just been too hot for me to ride. Lastly helping mom in her house. Quite existence but very meaningful.
I'm cooking a lot more, but eating a lot less! I've gone on the fasting regime where I eat breakfast, lunch, and maybe a snack and try not to eat anything after 3:30 in the afternoon. Most nights after work I do treat myself to a beer, but otherwise no food. If I'm really hungry after work I'll eat a healthy snack. Lost mucho pounds and inches around my middle, and feel much better overall. Also, getting up at first light and going to be around dark. Sometimes I read in bed a bit, but get lots of sleep. The idea is to follow our natural circadian rhythm, and my body likes it!
I've discovered the things I once thought were important aren't. I would attend so many pro sports events here in the area where I live. Season tickets. I'd watch on TV. I don't miss it. Stopped following. I attended concerts every year 4-6 or more a year - indoors, outdoors. Major acts. Don't miss it. Don't think I'll return when this is all over. It's a case of "been there, done that"......but the search is on for new things for my life. New routines.
I'm kind of the same.
I would into the NYC to walk around and/or visit the Union Square farmers market or go to the opera. With all the crime and chaos in NYC, I am not interested in seeing boarded up store windows.
I feel like a dinosaur. I remember B. Altman's, Bonwit Teller and Barney's. I remember the first time Bryant Park was a junkie hangout in the 1970/80's. I remember St. Vincent's Hospital (where my daughter was born) - now it's luxury condo's. The old World Trade Center with the Windows on the World restaurant - after work, my college friends and I meet for drinks there. The beautiful Lord & Taylor Christmas windows were the best before it sold the building to WeWorks.
Coronavirus changed everything, but these changes were happening for a long time - the virus made it more apparent.
Life has been disrupted since mid-March. Waiting to get back to the old routine, places, people I would see, visit. Now, it seems, I have been more laid back (lazy!) Read A lot more, Post on C-D.
Any Positive changes in your new routine ?
Yes, I've saved a ton of money since the quarantine started. Nothing I want to spend it on.
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My AC is broken and I live in the desert. Fortunately, I own a portable swamp cooler, but that's not enough to beat the afternoon westerly sun beating in on my living room. Before CV-19, I would just camp out at the gym until the sun set, but don't want to take that risk now.
So, I've altered my sleep schedule to sleep from 8AM - 12PM, then up to eat breakfast and catch the market close at 1:00PM, then go back to bed from 3:00PM - 7:30PM when the sun starts to set. That's working well for me until I can get a competent tech to service my AC. I figure my chances are better in the off season starting October.
That seems awfully excessive over something as simple as fixing your AC unit. That can really have negative effects on your health.
Pretty much the same. I'm retired & live alone. I do miss the occasional eating out, shopping, seeing a movie in a real theater, but not that much of a change. It's beginning to bug me, though. My state is partially shut down, and the gov finally mandated masks & distancing, so hopefully the virus cases will level off. We'd opened the state a while back, but enough people didn't distance and mask, so there was an immediate spike in the cases.
I had lost 15 lbs by the time the virus hit. I've been able to maintain that.
I spend my time streaming & watching broadcast tv, yard & house work, reading & working on investment accounts, etc. The highlight of my week/month is going to the grocery store, sad to say.
I have a small gas-efficient car, so I pretty much don't have to put gas in the car, anymore, because I don't drive around much!
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