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6 months into this pandemic, how are you holding up?
- Thread starter MercuryLS
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I was feeling down since the beginning of the pandemic until July: had episodes of depression and mood swings, no energy, and lack of motivation and discipline. One of my dogs passed away after his last breath, my work and workout performance were getting worse, and had quite a feedback from my manager about it. I started getting allergies for the first time, which I normally don't get, so I thought I had COVID. I was basically going through the motions at this point.
Then, I started taking Vitamin D, and I thought about the future and wanted to write my goals down. I feel A LOT much better now and have learned a lot about myself. I feel energized and motivated to excel at work and get better at full-stack development, and everyday I've been killing it with my diet and exercise, as I've lost 15+ lbs of fat while retaining 20 lbs of muscle with resistance bands and cardio, so I'm trying to cut down to 12% body fat and start lean bulking from there. I just got my Rep Fitness AB-3100 bench and I'm anxiously waiting on my PowerBlock Elite! I'm taking much better of my skin as well, like putting on sunscreen everyday, plus I just learned—despite having this routine before—that salicylic acid helps keep my acne at bay. I've also started taking the minimalism route, and I've decluttered a lot of stuff I don't need at all.
Doesn't sound like a deep and compelling story and is pretty cliché, but y'all I'm telling you if you are Vitamin D deficient, you will definitely feel a big difference after taking a couple thousand IU a day. I'm planning to get fish oil later down the road to help with muscle recovery, better brain function, and other health benefits as well.
Then, I started taking Vitamin D, and I thought about the future and wanted to write my goals down. I feel A LOT much better now and have learned a lot about myself. I feel energized and motivated to excel at work and get better at full-stack development, and everyday I've been killing it with my diet and exercise, as I've lost 15+ lbs of fat while retaining 20 lbs of muscle with resistance bands and cardio, so I'm trying to cut down to 12% body fat and start lean bulking from there. I just got my Rep Fitness AB-3100 bench and I'm anxiously waiting on my PowerBlock Elite! I'm taking much better of my skin as well, like putting on sunscreen everyday, plus I just learned—despite having this routine before—that salicylic acid helps keep my acne at bay. I've also started taking the minimalism route, and I've decluttered a lot of stuff I don't need at all.
Doesn't sound like a deep and compelling story and is pretty cliché, but y'all I'm telling you if you are Vitamin D deficient, you will definitely feel a big difference after taking a couple thousand IU a day. I'm planning to get fish oil later down the road to help with muscle recovery, better brain function, and other health benefits as well.
I'm okay. I'm eating better and losing weight and my job hasn't gone anywhere and I can work from home.
Main problem for me is I live with my girlfriend and another person and neither really leaves the house anymore. I used to get one of Saturday or Sunday completely to myself and it was fucking bliss
Main problem for me is I live with my girlfriend and another person and neither really leaves the house anymore. I used to get one of Saturday or Sunday completely to myself and it was fucking bliss
Doing well here. We took a pay cut so we did not need to release any employees.
Running a ton to keep busy and get some fresh air when I can. Discord and some vidda games with friends at night to keep social.
Been in a shape but really putting it into overdrive. Created some goals to chase to have something to look forward too as most/all events have been cancelled. We are going to do a small social distance fire pit tomorrow night so looking forward to that.
Parents all have health conditions so we are being extremely careful with how they can interact with the grandkids. Lost my uncle & aunt to covid who were down in Florida so never got to go and say goodbye or anything so that part hurts.
Running a ton to keep busy and get some fresh air when I can. Discord and some vidda games with friends at night to keep social.
Been in a shape but really putting it into overdrive. Created some goals to chase to have something to look forward too as most/all events have been cancelled. We are going to do a small social distance fire pit tomorrow night so looking forward to that.
Parents all have health conditions so we are being extremely careful with how they can interact with the grandkids. Lost my uncle & aunt to covid who were down in Florida so never got to go and say goodbye or anything so that part hurts.
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I hate working from home. Also for the last 15 years my life has been totally built around playing music. Multiple bands, records, tours, etc. That's all gone now and it feels like I've lost all meaning.
In addition, I really miss the frequent international travel that being a musician affords. I've also made a lot of really close friends in different countries over the years, and I would see them regularly. Now, I really miss them, and frankly, I feel like I may not got to see any of them again.
In addition, I really miss the frequent international travel that being a musician affords. I've also made a lot of really close friends in different countries over the years, and I would see them regularly. Now, I really miss them, and frankly, I feel like I may not got to see any of them again.
Honestly, not much has changed. I've always worked from home & I didn't go out much before the pandemic.
I hate that so many people are suffering (physically, mentally, or otherwise), but I personally feel so good. I'm very happy. I'm feeling good. I like this sorta pseudo-quarantine lifestyle. I miss the deepest parts of the hardcore quarantine lifestyle, but this semi-quarantine is nice too.
I think I'm one of the very few people that is happier now than I was pre-COVID-19, although I'll repeat that I genuinely really understand the severity of the situation for most people and outside of the context of this specific thread, have been very sympathetic to people that are suffering.
I think I'm one of the very few people that is happier now than I was pre-COVID-19, although I'll repeat that I genuinely really understand the severity of the situation for most people and outside of the context of this specific thread, have been very sympathetic to people that are suffering.
I work from home now, I don't like it since I'm stuck doing what prior to April I was training people to do. It's not great. I haven't seen any of my close friends in months, I haven't seen my anti-mask mother since January and she had a brain tumor removed in March.
I'm not sleeping well, but I've at least lost about 10 pounds. Only about 20 to go.
I miss going out, and seeing people out doing stuff on social media drives me nuts.
I have a doctor's appointment next week to check out some health concerns, so I guess we'll see where I'm at. I'm tired of feeling anxious and being alone.
So far the highlight of my days has been a neighborhood cat that won't let me get close to it. I should get a cat.
I'm not sleeping well, but I've at least lost about 10 pounds. Only about 20 to go.
I miss going out, and seeing people out doing stuff on social media drives me nuts.
I have a doctor's appointment next week to check out some health concerns, so I guess we'll see where I'm at. I'm tired of feeling anxious and being alone.
So far the highlight of my days has been a neighborhood cat that won't let me get close to it. I should get a cat.
I'm a severe asthmatic, It's so bad I've got 2 specialists and I'm in the consideration phase for biological therapies. Safe to say my breathing is fucked on a regular day. I was told by one specialist in no uncertain terms that COVID would very likely be a death sentence should I get it. Being a father of a 2 year old and a 7 month old during February I was pretty much not leaving the house anyway. In March a specialist told me I had to begin isolating and shouldn't leave the house unless absolutely essential. So I did, I've been inside my home since from March till September leaving only 3 times to attend essential hospital visits for Asthma treatment. The specialist said I should leave home to get a flu jab in October but aside from that I have to maintain isolation. I now have to do a 10 min walk to school with my oldest daughter 5 days a week. It's unavoidable but I take every precaution possible to avoid and heavily limit my time with people outside of my core family unit.
Since lockdown old feelings of Agoraphobia have resurfaced, The few times other people have came to my house I hide away upstairs.
That aside I'm remarkably solid through all this, I've always been somewhat of a "homebody" and I value my "me time" highly. So I'm doing great. Being a stay at home parent has been ideal because we havn't taken any financial changes, my partner returns to work next month from maternity but she worries about my health and will take the safety measures necessary.
I miss the gym.
Since lockdown old feelings of Agoraphobia have resurfaced, The few times other people have came to my house I hide away upstairs.
That aside I'm remarkably solid through all this, I've always been somewhat of a "homebody" and I value my "me time" highly. So I'm doing great. Being a stay at home parent has been ideal because we havn't taken any financial changes, my partner returns to work next month from maternity but she worries about my health and will take the safety measures necessary.
I miss the gym.
For the most part, I'm doing OK.
My anxiety mostly stems from getting sick, or my loved ones getting sick. The fact that we know so little about this thing and that it essentially comes down to a dice roll whether or not you have mild symptoms or wind up in the hospital is so scary to me. Thankfully I'm only 30, healthy, no pre-conditions....but still. You see plenty of reports of people younger and probably healthier than me that wind up incredibly sick, or worse. I hate waking up every day wondering if I have the sniffles, or a slight cough, or if I'm feeling slightly off. Literally every morning - it's the first thing I think about. It's exhausting. And then I'm constantly worried about getting a phone call from my parents saying that one of them is sick. Ugh.
Besides the sick thing, I'm doing OK. I've been staying inside a ton (hanging out with friends via Zoom and online PS4 games), and I live with my girlfriend so we have constant companionship. I have so many video games, movies, books, TV shows to consume that I haven't been bored once, thankfully. Honestly the working from home scenario would be my dream scenario here except for the whole pandemic thing. It's like the ultimate monkey paw wish. "Oh, you want to work from home? Fine. Except you literally can't go out anywhere else and people around you will die."
Stick in there, everyone. I know we have a long way to go but we're in the midst of this thing now. Keep plugging away.
My anxiety mostly stems from getting sick, or my loved ones getting sick. The fact that we know so little about this thing and that it essentially comes down to a dice roll whether or not you have mild symptoms or wind up in the hospital is so scary to me. Thankfully I'm only 30, healthy, no pre-conditions....but still. You see plenty of reports of people younger and probably healthier than me that wind up incredibly sick, or worse. I hate waking up every day wondering if I have the sniffles, or a slight cough, or if I'm feeling slightly off. Literally every morning - it's the first thing I think about. It's exhausting. And then I'm constantly worried about getting a phone call from my parents saying that one of them is sick. Ugh.
Besides the sick thing, I'm doing OK. I've been staying inside a ton (hanging out with friends via Zoom and online PS4 games), and I live with my girlfriend so we have constant companionship. I have so many video games, movies, books, TV shows to consume that I haven't been bored once, thankfully. Honestly the working from home scenario would be my dream scenario here except for the whole pandemic thing. It's like the ultimate monkey paw wish. "Oh, you want to work from home? Fine. Except you literally can't go out anywhere else and people around you will die."
Stick in there, everyone. I know we have a long way to go but we're in the midst of this thing now. Keep plugging away.
- I lost some weight but now I'm slowly putting it all back on because I'm destined to be fat forever
- My sleep schedule is non-existent and I never feel fully awake
- I've got little hope for the future and I'm finding it hard to ever have a 'normal' day
- I've done nothing to improve myself in work or in education, basically wasting a year to bullshit
- My family situation is completely fucked and I've got pretty much no-one to truly support me
So, yeah.
Great.
- My sleep schedule is non-existent and I never feel fully awake
- I've got little hope for the future and I'm finding it hard to ever have a 'normal' day
- I've done nothing to improve myself in work or in education, basically wasting a year to bullshit
- My family situation is completely fucked and I've got pretty much no-one to truly support me
So, yeah.
Great.
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I'm good. WFH has been hard to adapt to but we're really safer that way.
Even found the way to get an offer from another studio and changed job!
Even found the way to get an offer from another studio and changed job!
started back up at work a few weeks ago and found my work ethic suffering a bit
i redoubled my efforts yesterday and got a good bit done, but got angry at a few situations and was worried i'd stress myself out
when i got home, i realized that i felt fantastic, honestly i think i just needed to feel something again
going to keep trying my best. the office tests us every week and everyone is being careful, so i'm tentatively flirting with hopefulness, we'll see how it goes
i redoubled my efforts yesterday and got a good bit done, but got angry at a few situations and was worried i'd stress myself out
when i got home, i realized that i felt fantastic, honestly i think i just needed to feel something again
going to keep trying my best. the office tests us every week and everyone is being careful, so i'm tentatively flirting with hopefulness, we'll see how it goes
Same here. I actually kind of like that there's no longer social pressure to be more social. :P
Loving it to be honest, no more commuting, spending less money so more going into savings, more family time which has been incredible.
I realise how fortunate I've been as some of my friends have been severely affected, I think that has just made me appreciate this time even more.
I'll obviously glad when it's over as it'll be nice to be able to see family and friends a little bit more though.
I realise how fortunate I've been as some of my friends have been severely affected, I think that has just made me appreciate this time even more.
I'll obviously glad when it's over as it'll be nice to be able to see family and friends a little bit more though.
It's been fine so far. No real change other than I work from home and save money on fuel and eating lunch out all the time. Still haven't had time to dent my game backlog though.....
I'm ok. I'm lucky in that I have a job and can easily work from home with no real loss of productivity. In some weird way, the pandemic might be the best thing that happened in forcing my company to embrace home/flexible working which has allowed me to move house with (I hope) long term benefits to me and my family.
Beyond that though, I miss simple interaction with people and I don't like having to think VIRUS all the damn time. But I've given up worrying about it and I've stopped following all the figures etc and it makes me a lot less stressed over something I can't control.
Beyond that though, I miss simple interaction with people and I don't like having to think VIRUS all the damn time. But I've given up worrying about it and I've stopped following all the figures etc and it makes me a lot less stressed over something I can't control.
I had an amazing summer planned which was ruined. The social aspect sucks for sure.
But we got raises at work and I'm working from home. Financially I came out on top with this from a combination of raises and not going out spending money. I feel blessed just to HAVE a job during all this.
But we got raises at work and I'm working from home. Financially I came out on top with this from a combination of raises and not going out spending money. I feel blessed just to HAVE a job during all this.
Me and my family are doing well. The worst thing is just wanting to be able to go do shit. But I can't really complain. We've just tried to save money and stay in. Been successful so far.
Pretty good. wfh saves me 2 hrs commute per day and with the kids back in school I now have my evenings and weekends more free for actual enjoyment and not work catch-up. Down 30ish pounds as I've been exercising and dieting a lot. Covid baby on the way in March. 2 raises and CARES overtime combined with severe reduction in childcare and eating out expenses means financially our quartet here is looking pretty good. My work is very difficult to perform at times remotely, but I can go into the office once every week or two and conduct real business from their internet connection as well as not have to remote access large files which is very clunky and prone to failure. My kids had their activities cancelled, so we shall see what long term impact that has on them, hopefully not much as they're both in elementary.
March-May was misery... June-July things got a bit better... I felt like I had a clear brain... August-September - pure misery, the lowest I've felt.
Combination of political situation, my body being in a fair bit of pain from a bad work setup (trying to fix) and just general unease about work... and with this fear of the coming winter and being cooped up for 5 months, just not sitting well with me.
I need to find some more outlets so I can have a healthier mindset - just been a tough few hits and my depression has reared its head in waves this year...
Gf and I are holding tight, but she's going a bit loopy, and I'm going a bit loopy, and I'm just hoping there isn't permanent damage.
Combination of political situation, my body being in a fair bit of pain from a bad work setup (trying to fix) and just general unease about work... and with this fear of the coming winter and being cooped up for 5 months, just not sitting well with me.
I need to find some more outlets so I can have a healthier mindset - just been a tough few hits and my depression has reared its head in waves this year...
Gf and I are holding tight, but she's going a bit loopy, and I'm going a bit loopy, and I'm just hoping there isn't permanent damage.
My wife and I don't have kids, our jobs have been good and we get to work from home, and we don't like going out so our day-to-day hasn't changed much. I miss getting to see friends and family without social distancing, but overall I can't complain.
From the outside, I'm doing fine.
On the inside though, I've been on a downward spiral for a while now and the pandemic certainly hasn't helped in that regard. I've had moments of distraction where new games or shows came out and were able to keep me distracted for a little while, but all that ultimately does is stall the descent for a week or two.
On the inside though, I've been on a downward spiral for a while now and the pandemic certainly hasn't helped in that regard. I've had moments of distraction where new games or shows came out and were able to keep me distracted for a little while, but all that ultimately does is stall the descent for a week or two.
Got engaged to the love of my life. Started a youtube channel that's had pretty good success. Furloughed from my part-time job. Permanently working from home from my full time job. Life's pretty great, tbh.
Kind of a mixed bag, really.
I'm accustomed to working from home, and I've done it for about ten years, but I'm not used to it being quite this concentrated. My wife and I launched a new business at the beginning of the year, and it's going great (it's more than made up for revenue I've lost from other work slowing down) but it's also been massively hard work; I'm at my desk 13-14 hours every weekday, with a break to have dinner with the kids, play with them, and put them to bed, and 5 hours every weekend evening.
I'm no stranger to long hours, but without anything to break it up, it's starting to get to me now. Aside from going for a hike with a friend, seeing my brother for a walk in the park, and going into the city once to get a pastry and walk around, I've basically been in the house, working silly hours, for nearly nine months.
On the plus side, obviously, the kids are back in school and it's going as well as could be expected, and nobody we know has been ill (although we do know people who've had COVID). The negative side is that I feel like I've rather wasted the last few months of relatively low case numbers, when I should have been seeing people - distanced of course - while I still could. The prospect of another nine months of this is more than a little gloomy.
I'm accustomed to working from home, and I've done it for about ten years, but I'm not used to it being quite this concentrated. My wife and I launched a new business at the beginning of the year, and it's going great (it's more than made up for revenue I've lost from other work slowing down) but it's also been massively hard work; I'm at my desk 13-14 hours every weekday, with a break to have dinner with the kids, play with them, and put them to bed, and 5 hours every weekend evening.
I'm no stranger to long hours, but without anything to break it up, it's starting to get to me now. Aside from going for a hike with a friend, seeing my brother for a walk in the park, and going into the city once to get a pastry and walk around, I've basically been in the house, working silly hours, for nearly nine months.
On the plus side, obviously, the kids are back in school and it's going as well as could be expected, and nobody we know has been ill (although we do know people who've had COVID). The negative side is that I feel like I've rather wasted the last few months of relatively low case numbers, when I should have been seeing people - distanced of course - while I still could. The prospect of another nine months of this is more than a little gloomy.
I had it a little tough at the start without realising but there was a lot of stress with the end of that year of my MA. Summer has been great, got some holidays in while I could, been seeing my mates, found love.
I think winter will be shit when it's too cold to meet up in parks, and if a stricter lockdown comes into effect... which I reckon it will.
I have a positive outlook overall and I feel more prepared this time and have plans, things to look forward to that will carry on regardless.
I'm in the UK, London, no kids.
I think winter will be shit when it's too cold to meet up in parks, and if a stricter lockdown comes into effect... which I reckon it will.
I have a positive outlook overall and I feel more prepared this time and have plans, things to look forward to that will carry on regardless.
I'm in the UK, London, no kids.
Job wise doing just fine overall, but a lot of aspects are tough.
Honestly if I didn't feel like I was watching the collapse of our country then I'd probably be doing fine, but the combination of COVID and politics is wrecking me.
Honestly if I didn't feel like I was watching the collapse of our country then I'd probably be doing fine, but the combination of COVID and politics is wrecking me.
Not really handling it too well mentally. My favorite things are all basically impossible to do. No theme parks this summer, no haunted houses this fall, no movie theater visits, no concerts, etc. This has left me with nothing to do but sit around and work which gets pretty grating when all my work is done on screens and my free time is spent looking at screens to play games or watch movies. My relationship is doing well, as is my family, so that's all nice.
I really don't know if I'm strong enough to ride out another year of this but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it, I suppose.
I really don't know if I'm strong enough to ride out another year of this but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it, I suppose.
Fine really.
I still go into the office every day, as I'm key staff for my company. I still meet up with friends for drinks on the weekend, and the ever-changing government guidelines mean we get to come up with some new silly way of accommodating them without breaking the law.
The one thing I do miss is my regular Wednesday and Thursday night board game session. We managed it for a few weeks, but then guidelines were tightened again and its back to trying to play games over Meet / Zoom, which really aint the same.
I do like the quieter roads though, and the quieter streets and shops. I'm gonna miss the calm and quiet when things get back to normal.
I still go into the office every day, as I'm key staff for my company. I still meet up with friends for drinks on the weekend, and the ever-changing government guidelines mean we get to come up with some new silly way of accommodating them without breaking the law.
The one thing I do miss is my regular Wednesday and Thursday night board game session. We managed it for a few weeks, but then guidelines were tightened again and its back to trying to play games over Meet / Zoom, which really aint the same.
I do like the quieter roads though, and the quieter streets and shops. I'm gonna miss the calm and quiet when things get back to normal.
Doing really well, got a full time contract with my company (No longer freelance) which gives me alot more comfort and stability, especially in these times. I had gotten the chance to sign contract before, but being young I didnt want to tie myself down to anything. Now i realise how lucky I am to even be having an opportunity like this and dont want to risk losing it.