A List Of What I Won't Miss From Lockdown & So Forth

For weeks I have been drafting and scraping ideas for interesting yet relatable isolation topics, all in which I went full circle to corona content.

To be fair, I know you lot quite frankly couldn't give two shits about the great banana bread revival, where I am browsing for doing nothing tracksuit bottoms or my happiness from cleansing my Spotify playlists. So I settled on the direction in a rather positive manner, looking towards the future as such! A list of what I will not forget from isolation, accompanied with what I won't miss and what I am looking forward to do again post pandemic and what I can wait a while to do.

What I Can't Wait To Do

Look at the pdf menu of the restaurant I am eating at two days prior to make sure my choice is the choice of all choices

Browsing Netflix and seeing new unseen shows and films instead of knowing the storylines off by heart

Going to my friends place to sit around and do nothing in their company

Dressing up with places to actually go

Getting off the plane where the hot climate hits you as soon as you step off

What I Can Wait A While To Do

Socially interacting with people outside of my inner circle - yes my social skills have flown out the window

Feeling guilty for deciding not to go out Watching my savings fly out the window for laziness - takeaways and coffee i'm sorry it's not you it's me

Peak hour traffic

Saying goodbye to someone and walking in the same direction as them

Getting ready meltdowns - I do in fact have so many things to wear

What I Won't Miss

Settling daily goals and not completing them Missing my friends while simultaneously feeling burned out on texting/FaceTiming them on rotation daily Cooking meals I am not passionate about - I'm looking at you salmon and veg

Not knowing if my chest pain is anxiety or a Covid-19 symptom

The infinite loop of people feeling pressure to be productive and people telling people not to feel pressure to be productive

Being indecisive about anything happening more than a day in the future

Worrying about whether I’m adequately worried in these deemed worryingly times

What I Won't Forget

That I may love baking but it's not a core part of my daily routine - regards my bank account waistline and productivity levels

Anyone deemed essential during this crisis deserves to be treated that way every day

That smoothie improvisation is not one of my skill sets

People that were supportive & just there without reservations and effort to me and others

The joys of watching news reporters get interrupted by pets and children whilst wfh

I hope this piece resulted in a head nod, a smile or even a slither of relatable feels from me to you. I am trying my best to not conclude this in an email pandemic sign-off manner but I am close to being pulled in

Stay safe in these uncertain ti....

I did it! Be proud!

Maisie xx