Hey Pandas, What Is Something That You Learned From Lockdown? (Closed)

People are so much more stupid that I thought.

That I really really like being alone without noises from coworkers aroung me.

How selfish people can be.

I'm much more of an introvert than I thought. I loved being able to go days without seeing another soul. I have always been able to amuse myself so boredom was never a problem.

I don't really like people. And people are very selfish.

That I can live with a lot less of everything.

How to waste less food. Pre pandemic, it was easy to be lazy, easy to go out instead of using what was in my kitchen, and easy to skip the grocery store. When the restaurants first closed, I was forced to grocery shop weekly. I became really good at meal planning. Leftovers are now another meal, and I throw away so much less food. Even though everything is open again, I still keep the habits I formed during the pandemic and it has been so much better for my health and my wallet.

That my lifestyle already was exactly like a lockdown (without the pandemic). Now I don't know if I laugh or cry :):

That its possible to work entirely from home and being much more productive, without wasting time in traffic and unnecessary meetings and polluting the planet.

It just seems nobody has learned anything from this - companies pushing employees to go back to work as in the past.

Even introverts need some contact

Patience.
I live with my elder parents. I seldom spent time with them because of work or because I rather hanging out with friends. But in lockdown it was just the three of us. They are seniors. Sometimes forget stuff, sometimes struggles with technology. Things work slower with them and honestly, patience is not my strongest point. But I learnt to slow down, take time to understand other people and cherish the time I've got left with my elders.

Best time ever I've had in many many years.

That I actually do have depression and anxiety, and I wasn't just overreacting or being a stupid attention-seeking baby. Quarantine and doing school from home gave my mind the space and my life the time to realize how bad my mental health was doing, tell my parents about it, and eventually get a prescription from my family doctor that has really been helping. My family says they've noticed I'm laughing more, and I've noticed that I have a more hopeful view of my future.

Also I realized how much I love going to the library. I missed everything about it... being able to wander in and browse through the shelves with my head bent uncomfortably to the side to read the titles and struggling to carry a stack of 10+ books out with me and immediately starting to read one in the car on the way home.

If you have two children (3, 5) and an old mattress in the living room, you can exhaust them.

I'm a registered nurse and tend to stay home doing house projects when I'm not working... other than some great lessons in versatility at work, my life essentially remained the same.

Oh - I also discovered that there are a ridiculous number of people who believe toilet paper is the key to survival. If anyone doubted the immense stupidity of people these days, there's our definitive proof.

That I like being alone.

That I married the right person! My husband is the sweetest, most caring and funniest person in the world. I knew that when I married him but so many relationships have been falling apart, ours grew stronger then ever. I am truely blessed to have met him.

Social media and TV news can be bad for your mental health mainly facebook where all the corona deniers are collected in one place and piss you off, you have enough time to find hobbies, rethink consumerism and the ability to work from home which was a taboo before pandemic.

to be even more gratefull for having my job, so many people has lost their income

In terms of life wisdom, I've learned that over-reacting to a critical situation is as detrimental as under-reacting, sometimes even more than that.

I've improved my mental health significantly, and overall I'm a much happier person than in the "normal" times.

That I have talents I did not know I ever had. I tried all sorts of things... from sewing, punch needling, crafty stuff, woodworks, planting herbs and vegetable, making my own moisturisers....the list goes on.

I found out that we ALL have hidden talents... its all within ourselves... the lockdown drew out the best in me.

I love dancing to my favourite music and finding out new talents I never knew I have on my own. And yes, I too am an introvert!