Day 10 - Wednesday 25th March 2020

Location: London, UK

COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak

Lockdown

When presented with a large expanse of time I think it's human nature to try to fill it.

I have loads of plans, things to do and I bet I won't do half of them. Here are some I imagine we share:

Read those books/journals/magazines you don't normally have time to
Spend time learning a language
Finish that boxset
Pick up the instrument you always wanted to learn/have neglected since school
Garden
Filing
Get ahead on my tax return

Part of the reason we won't do them is that actually we don't have any more time.

Many people will still be expected to be working full time, just in their pyjamas, so there goes 8 hours.
Lots read on their commute - commute is a lot shorter: especailly if you have your laptop in bed.
Kids - usually they are at school for the majority of the day, now you have to be teacher/online learning enforcer and their after-school club

One thing we might get is a bit more sleep and the chance to sit in the garden more than normal and considering how glorious it's been I plan to take advantage of this.

This made me chuckle, some of mine are underneath and please write any below in the comments!
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Mine so far:

My co-worker just vomitted in two places in the office
My co-worker just licked my face
My co-worker just sat on my lap for far longer than was comfortable
My co-worker just had a bath in the middle of the office, didn't care who was watching

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