What’s getting you through?

[Clementine]

I’m going slightly demented in this lockdown and am trying to do simple things that raise my spirits. These things include:

Dancing/singing to loud music everyday with my little girl. She’s 3.5 so need to be careful what is played but Dua Lipa/Lizzo and Disney princesses are popular!

Watching YouTube clips before I go to sleep that’ll make me laugh. A wee Irish boy listing all the jobs he had to was good last night.

Buying a Kinder Happy Hippo on our one trip to the shop every week. Those things are like crack.

Lego! I spent a whole day on my own recently making everything in the Lego box my daughter got for Christmas. So now I’m hooked and if I had the money would buy loads of the bloody stuff. It’s quite a meditative process from beginning to end.

Also, this place has been invaluable - just to read/comment/talk to other people about the absolute weapons out there on Instagram.

What are you doing that’s helping you not lose your mind?

 

[watermelon sugar]

Tattle! When my baby naps or has gone to bed and I'm alone if my partners at work this is a great distraction

Cooking - I'm searching for new recipes and trying newer things

New baby - luckily I have been pre occupied with a new baby so I spend most my time chasing after him now he's started to walk. Getting out in the fresh air for walks too does wonders for my mental health

Also a dance and a sing song for us too!! Mostly it's Little Baby Bum I'm singing along to but sometimes ill put a cheeky rap on or a bit of Abba

 

[Definitelyme]

Fresh air. Getting out with the kids for a few hours and breaking the monotony of indoors, just breathing in that (currently very, very) fresh air makes my day 100 times better.

Kinder Hippos are delicious. You should stock up. Give yourself one a day, life is hard enough atm!

 

[Pixipoppy]

I just treated myself to a new big warm coat (except I did then check the forecast and it’s going to get warmer next week anyway... oh well!). Looking forward to going for walks in my massive coat and not being freezing .

 

[jarv]

Tattle

 

[Booklover]

My husband and kids. Tattle!! Listening to Classic FM while I'm working. A daily walk or YouTube workout. Reading. An evening bath.
Xx

 

[Gertrude]

Love this

- Same as one of the poster above said, getting out for some fresh air each day, even if it's raining. Towards the end of last year, there were times when days would pass without leaving the house, so now I force myself to get out no matter how badly I don't want to.

- Due to life getting in the way, I lost touch with a number of people over the years, but recently I've re-connected with a lot of them which has been lovely. Hope to stay in touch after all this is over and meet up when we can.

-Treating myself to nice food.

-Started a new hobby of painting. I'm rubbish, but it's very therapeutic.

-Tattle

-Avoid watching/reading the news too much. At the start of this, I pretty much constantly had the news on the telly. Was so bad for my mental wellbeing. Now I only allow myself to look at the days roundup, at the end of my work day.

Watching YouTube clips before I go to sleep that’ll make me laugh. A wee Irish boy listing all the jobs he had to was good last night.

Do you have a link for this?

 

[ShondyLife]

Gin, Vodka, Jack Daniels, Malibu and Southern Comfort mainly.

 

[WilmaHun]

Tattle, going for walks along the beach or down the marshes, my uni work and a new found love for baking.

 

[Clementine]

Kinder Hippos are delicious. You should stock up. Give yourself one a day, life is hard enough atm!

I did! Only Amazon weren’t quite clear so I ended up with these bastarding things!

Love this

- Same as one of the poster above said, getting out for some fresh air each day, even if it's raining. Towards the end of last year, there were times when days would pass without leaving the house, so now I force myself to get out no matter how badly I don't want to.

- Due to life getting in the way, I lost touch with a number of people over the years, but recently I've re-connected with a lot of them which has been lovely. Hope to stay in touch after all this is over and meet up when we can.

-Treating myself to nice food.

-Started a new hobby of painting. I'm rubbish, but it's very therapeutic.

-Tattle

-Avoid watching/reading the news too much. At the start of this, I pretty much constantly had the news on the telly. Was so bad for my mental wellbeing. Now I only allow myself to look at the days roundup, at the end of my work day.



Do you have a link for this?

Enjoy!

 

[mochibean]

Tattle. I'm so glad I found this forum, I'm still kinda new here but it's a great place to be!

Working! Never thought I'd be so glad to be at work.

Eating nice food. Glad some restaurants are still open for takeaway, I'm happy to support them as much as I can.

My uni work.

Language learning, although I've been slacking a lot lately.

Edit: Music! I've enjoyed delving into Spotify and discovering loads of new artists and songs to listen to.

 

[emmer_moans]

Tattle - because it gives me a place to chat without bothering with social media or IRL people, for a bit of escapism.

Food - making a different pudding or dinner at the weekend and making a bit of a deal about it, makes me feel like I’ve managed something.

Work - thankfully I’m able to work from home. Whilst it is isolating, I don’t know how i would fill my hours if I was furloughed.

Crafting - I’ve taken up a couple of crafts and it is so grounding!

Netflix - before lockdown I was one of those who thought Netflix was hyped... well, I’ve had so much viewing hours per month that the £6 monthly fee has been well and truly worth it.

 

[Pinkblush]

Thankful for family - doing a lot more indoor activities as a family which we didn't do much of pre C19 - my kids can now make cakes/soups/bread/and help more with dinner preparation

Going for a walk everyday, whatever the weather

Try to do simple youtube workouts each day, however I don't beat myself up if I don't feel up to it

Stay away from the News to avoid hearing the same thing or a different version of the same thing everyday

Tattle - have had some real laugh out loud moments

Eating as many mint club biscuits as I like guilt free

 

[LaurieLaurie]

Nothing really. Just plodding on.

 

[emmer_moans]

I did! Only Amazon weren’t quite clear so I ended up with these bastarding things!





Enjoy!

Hahaha the lad is so funny!

 

[coconochanel]

@ShondyLife loving your profile pic

Tattle-always a laugh
Chocolate- no explanation needed
The weekly shop-sad I know but I enjoy doing the food shop
Youtube-watching influencers going about their daily life is relaxing

 

[ShondyLife]

@ShondyLife loving your profile pic

Tattle-always a laugh
Chocolate- no explanation needed
The weekly shop-sad I know but I enjoy doing the food shop
Youtube-watching influencers going about their daily life is relaxing

Why thank you angel

 

[Murphygirl]

Tattle and filling my Twitter timeline with dogs

 

[Bitofthebubbly]

Tattle goes without saying, both as a distraction and for support. Really enjoy using this forum.

Playing video games has always been a hobby of mine but I really threw myself into it over the last year during my spare time and it’s been a welcome distraction from real life at times. I’ve lost count of how many times I have played and finished Red Dead Redemption 2 after discovering it last summer, may sound odd but that game gave me a whole new perspective during a difficult time, it’s a work of art as far as I’m concerned. I also love being creative on Planet Coaster and building theme parks especially as we obviously can’t physically go to them at the moment, this is basically the closest you can get to the real thing lol. I just love getting lost in virtual worlds and experiencing the stories within them.

 

[Catfan2]

Chocolate and biscuits mainly. And Tattle of course! I quite enjoy working 2m apart from my colleagues though, I’d be happy if that continued . Can’t bear my personal space being invaded!