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How I adapted to lockdown
And what skills I learned from it for ‘normal’ life
In a way, I was made for a lockdown — I’m chubby, so I can last ages even if there were a food shortage, I worked from home at the time, and I enjoy my own company. I could keep myself entertained for endless hours without getting bored that rarely even involved masturbation.
When this whole lockdown thing was announced, although it escalated quite quickly, I was prepared — I had organised a lovely desk and had made a pretty decent space for myself to work and keep myself occupied; I had a checklist of things to do that I could fill my time with and I promised myself and others that we would stay in contact.
I wanted this time to be productive. I wanted to write my own work again. I wanted to start and finish new projects and learn new skills. The emphasis here is on wanted.
This whole pandemic thing was uncharted territory, with no set path for how this will work out and, in my case, and I’m sure many others. Not that it is necessarily 100% over yet, but as the world slowly begins to open up as if the danger is completely gone, I have decided to look back on my time and reflect on how I dealt with it.
After the first few weeks of the pandemic, I was stuck in this weird paralysis state worrying about work and how I’ll have to adapt my plans or…
