In her post on Toxic Productivity over at Mental Health @ Home, Ashley calls bullshit on the idea that being productive is a more worthy goal than just kicking back and living your life. That if you aren’t emerging from Covid with a new skill or accomplishment under your belt, you’re a complete waste of space.
Which got me thinking…
Have I been hibernating through Covid, letting the days and months flow into time I’ll never get back? Have I learned anything since that first lockdown in March of 2020?
Yes.
I’ve learned that…
- I don’t like Zoom.
- Hanging out in your robe makes your clothes shrink.
- Adding white chocolate and butterscotch chips to anything makes it better.
- Running errands is an outing, not a chore.
- Covid does not make Pringles any less fattening.
- Masks are cheaper than facelifts.
- You can’t have too many streaming services.
- Being banned from planes, restaurants, and movie theatres isn’t the end of the world. It just feels like it.
AimerBoyz 
This is a great post. I feel we all have learned a lot from COVID, and not everything we’ve learned is good.
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Too true 🙂
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Sometimes being productive is just a way to avoid some of the messy emotions that we don’t want to face.
I suppose the one lesson I take from COVID is that I can’t waste my time expecting others to behave safely. No amount of cajoling will change some people’s attitudes. All you can do is lead by example and take care of yourself.
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Good point. Getting through your to-do list is easier than working on the messy stuff inside.
Frustrating though, that we have to be so careful because they’re not.
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Those are some very good lessons! I managed to avoid Zoom entirely, which I’m quite happy with.
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Me too 🙂
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I wish I could be less productive. It feels like there is always something I should be doing. Also, running errands still feels like a chore to me.
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Like everything else, you probably have to find a balance. “All work and no play…”
A chore that gets me out of the house 🙂
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It was a nice way to not meet people you don’t want to see [blushing]
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HaHa! Yeah, the major upside to the pandemic 🙂
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Lol, I used to dislike Zoom too, but since it’s my main way of earning a living now, and since it’s much more intuitive to use than Google Meet, I think I’m liking it now. Thanks for this post!
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I’m sure I could get used to Zoom, but hey, one of the benefits of being retired? I don’t have to 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, glad you liked the post 🙂
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If I had known that the pandemic would have lasted nearly 2 years, I would have learnt a new skill like finishing the books that I started. Alas, I figured that the pandemic would be over each passing week lol 🙂
Great post by the way.
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LOL! 6 months, a year tops. I don’t think anyone thought we’d still be impacted by this pandemic two years later 😦
Thanks, glad you liked the post.
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Feeling these points even now! We are living history, I realized, and it is jolting to think about how drastic the change we experienced is!
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Yes, we’re definitely living through a whole new chapter of history. I just wish it was a happier story.
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