Honestly: long term planning is somehow both useful and useless.

I spend a lot more hours planning my next 6 months and year out, and had to change the plan drastically each week.

Planning keeps my stress lower, gives me something to do, but more and more I find planning my long term future is becoming pointless. I have no idea what unexpected delay will occur or option will be eliminated.

Was waiting for pandemic to die out in June. Now it could by September or January or...never. I have no idea if my city will shut my workplac4r down due to my instant outbreak.

Not sure how to feel...stable.

Like Bob and KK I've been pretty much self-sufficient, but I have found do I prefer to use my manual toothbrush and my electric toothbrush one after the other because my breath smells fresher.

I miss city people staying in the #&*%! City. This used to be a quiet little lakeside town and ever since the bug hit , in a state with no travel restrictions. It's been a mob scene from all over.

I've been homebound on and off the last couple of years since I was sick, so I'm sort of used to that. Difference was, of course, I could still come and go as I pleased and still took part in activities and met up with friends if I chose to. Still, that part hasn't been much of an adjustment (though I do miss seeing people in person). But I've been feeling the anxiety and fear, and most of all the uncertainty, with everything that's going on, and find myself going from wanting to withdraw even further to trying to find creative ways to stay connected.

I miss my coffee shop groups a morning ritual [lus going out with friends for super definiyly an introvert,spend a lot of time by my self do not accomplish a lot but a fair bit ,,starting to take up metal detecting and magnet fishing,,Have got a beginners Kayak course booked this month ,visiting mom at the nursing home now but still separated and no contact ,been helping some friends with home renovations,,What i really miss is the travelling i was planning on doing this year ,get bored and a bit of depression now and again , Things are opening up as our numbers are so low ,but masks are now manatory ,hope it keeps numbers down from tourist input

More so a confirmation ..that social gathering isn’t necessary. A close network of like-minded friends and healthy habits are best. Chasing crowds & trends is a dead end.

I have been fortunate to work at home. I do hit the gym, but am extra careful cleaning equipment before and after. I need to push myself outside the house to work out.

I also take a dance class, with masks on, because I need some kind of human contact.

Aside from that, I have my daughter and her family living with me, but they are out fishing as much as they can.

I feel extremely cooped up.. want to get out, but nowhere really safe to go.

Dating was not going great before, but it feels worse now. Get ghosted alot mid conversation and I don't know if its because I am not horn dog for a person I have not even met, or what?

I miss the gym

Glad you are working out at home. I'm convinced the gym is just another social gathering place...if you're serious about fitness you work out at home, by yourself. The time you save, the cost for fuel, etc...doesn't add up to me anymore. Glad that I've figured out home fitness. Even your name implies a fitness enjoyed by loners...hiking. I like biking, swimming laps, home equipment - working out using them...or simply going hiking....seems much smarter...IMO.

that really suck and suck