Positive things to come out of the current Pandemic

[hamudm]

Man, I haven't been here in like a decade! Nice to see some of the "vets" are still here.

Good thing to come out of the pandemic for me/us, and I'm very fortunate, but that my family and I have gotten closer and are spending a lot more time enjoying the outdoors (i.e. hiking).

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I actually enjoy isolation and not having to be face-to-face with other people. I believe that this period has actually been positive for my mental health/general stress level. I saved money and wear on my car from not having to drive 45 minutes each way to work every day. Because my department is essentially shut down, I have been helping out in other departments, learning new things that will make me more indispensable at work.

For me, after I've been social for long periods of time there's nothing I need more than a little time to myself.

But I spent so much of my high school and college years in total social isolation it's not fun to be forced to return to it after finally having other options.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Man, I haven't been here in like a decade! Nice to see some of the "vets" are still here.

Welcome back! It's good to see someone whose name I actually remember pop back in for a change.

 

[Crusher Disciple]

I finally learned how to paint/ draw. Oh, and since I live in the uber-rural American South, the fact that the kids have to use internet to even have school meant that the state legislature finally got off of their duffs and made it possible for us to have broadband internet. I got to watch Picard and Discovery this summer.

 

[Mrs. Silvercrest]

I made a friend that I know I otherwise would not have. Because she is so busy. But with Covid she had time to get to know me thru facebook and the phone, and the zoom. And then we got to do a couple of things outside together. So that was cool!

 

[rhubarbodendron]

I can work from home two days a week. I love it! It's nice and quiet, I have a bathroom to my own, I can use the time my computer is blocked by updates to do the laundry and if I oversleep it's no prob as there are only 5 meters from bed to office.

 

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[JirinPanthosa]

I’m in San Diego now and finding the Gaslamp Quarter got better. Places have way more outdoor seating and more places have life music.

 

[MacLeod]

For me very little positive came out of the Pandemic, whilst it's impact on my personal life was minimal I'm not exactly a party animal. Work was a different animal as I work in a key industry (Food) I had to deal daily with customers not respecting my personal space reaching over me to get something (instead of simply asking can I please just get x), the mask less hoards, be far better for my frustration levels when things get more back to normal