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Originally Posted by jonbxx
We had our team 2020 close out call today and, as it is 'the season to be jolly', we had to reflect on the non-work positives personally of the pandemic.
Here are mine;
- We spent a lot more time in the garden early summer as there was nowhere else to go
- Getting to know our neighbours
- Exercising more (thanks Joe Wicks)
- I really upped my cooking game this year. Even now I am curing some salt beef and getting ready to sous vide some duck breasts in chinese spices
- Cheap steaks in the supermarket due to restaurants being closed
- Really concentrating on supporting small businesses when they were open (we are now good friends with our local microbrewery)
- Wearing masks on a cold day is great!
- Saving a hell of a lot of money from not going out
What are your upsides?
Our household is lucky as we could work from home (never been busier to be honest) and the kids could go to school when they wanted as were are officially 'essential'. We are a lot better off than many to be honest |
Spent more on toilet roll though......
Very lucky here too, I’d worked from home the previous 12 months before this all started so no real change, if anything my workload increased. SWMBO was furloughed from late March till early September so she had a lovely time.
Only thing that’s really changed is my overseas business travel has stopped. Which is a shame as I love spending time with colleagues in the US and Far East