I remember thinking it wasn’t gonna last long and we would just go back to work after a week or two but nope.

Also I kind of liked being obligated to stay home bc I hated socializing with my in laws at the time (my hubby Doesn’t get along with his siblings) and in general it was nice avoiding people and staying behind a screen to do anything.

The world didn't stop, it came to life. When everything moved online, disabled people were finally included in everything. Of course people couldn't wait to exclude us again though instead of making things hybrid when the rest could do things in person again.

It was like nothing in my previous life experience.

Years ago my grandmother had told me about living through the 1918 influenza pandemic and how frightening that had been.

I worried, but never had I imagined people would be so ridiculous about simply wearing masks, and once they became available, receiving vaccines.

I almost lost my middle sister, who contracted Covid before a vaccine was available and had to be hospitalized. I did lose a couple of relatives who refused to be vaccinated.

To date, I have been vaccinated and I haven’t yet gotten Covid. But I do realize that the latter has just been luck.

Worked fine for me. I hated my coworkers, so it was great to get a break from their faces. I was working on my immigration application that year and had a big exam, both of which I had accomplished by the end of the year. Looking back, I know it was stressful but I miss it. I also remember wishing I was living alone, that was a dream to me at the time.

Two weeks after my mom passed away. Isolation somehow felt appropriate.

I had to work and sometimes had to stay at work if an employee tested positive. It was hard but we survived and only one person that I knew died.

It changed how I shopped. I refused to wear a mask and my city put a mask ordinance in place so I drove to the next city where they didn’t have one. It wasn’t long till the large corporate stores that I liked to shop at put a mask rule in place even though there wasn’t an ordinance. So I shopped at a local chain store in that city that had no mask rule. Some customers wore masks, others didn’t, and some would pull there mask down to expose their mask because they were gasping for air, or else they didn’t cover their noses. I didn’t go to restaurants and I started shopping more on Amazon to have things delivered to the house.

Having trouble finding masks, having fogged up glasses while wearing them, and their smell after a while, stopping the use of coins and bills, closed malls and museums, working from home, eating at home or only carry out, preparing most of my meals, etc.

I still see a few people wearing masks. 🙄

Didn't stop for me, thankfully.
But what I remember most is how the true nature of humans reared it's head and it was ugly.

ETA: I had it but it wasn't too terrible. I also know quite a few who had it as well, but they all survived.

My own life didn't really change much.

A couple minor things good and bad but nothing noteworthy.

Good - roads were more clear. Bad - thrift stores were closed for a while. I live in those places.

I worked as normal being a retail slave, er, "essential worker".

I lived normally,so the world didn't stop for me. Did all the same activities and places I normally went to.

The lock down. I was in an apartment back then, and felt suffocating. Also, I was sick the with the covid the year starting before they said it's coivd here as well and I hated it, worked throughout it.

It didn’t stop. I was an essential worker. I had to carry on as normal.

I remember being in Houston Texas and the rodeo shut down mid rodeo and they sent everyone home so after a few days we went home. We were one of the last, and i do mean last states to get any kind of mask mandate or actual shutdown so no mask for us for the most part later that year we traveled south and found some states had a mandate (we ignored it) some were selective/optional. It was we always did shit that was outdoors which in the south in winter is not a big thing so it was like hey this is not as bad as it seems or that folks made it out to be but myself did have many a fights with others over mask and my refusal to wear one.

Nothing really changed and some might say we were crazy, i was in the process of taking over a business that i partially owned and although we closed down we were open for the employees. They could come hang out just relax without the bullshit, they were not required or encouraged to wear mask or get vaccinated (this today is still ongoing controversery in America) cause well, no one was gonna force anyone to do anything. I myself didnt do either so it was not a big deal to me we were closed down for 3 weeks then unofficially reopened slowly on our own never had a mask requirement and did business as usual. I guess you can say it was just something that lasted longer then most wanted it to or thought it would because many were scared or confused with it, i mean it was crazy.

I had just got home from the gym mid-morning and heard on the TV that all flights were being grounded to Asia and to Europe. I owned a bunch of airline stock that was worth $55 each, so I immediately placed an online trading 'sell' order and sold every one of them. Two days later, those same stocks plummeted to $2 each as mass layoffs were announced and airplanes were parked up against the fence indefinitely.

On that first day however, after hearing that news on TV, I texted a married couple I knew who had gone to Egypt on vacation to tell them to get their asses back home ASAP because all flights were being grounded.

With reluctance, they heeded my words, cancelled the balance of their vacation and then flew from Egypt to Heathrow to Toronto and arrived home 22 hours later, just as all air travel drew to a close to and from everywhere.

The guy's wife however, immediately developed a sickness of some kind after arriving back in Canada, which turned out to be Covid-19 she had contracted while in Egypt.

She ended up in a Toronto hospital for 30 days on a ventilator, then ended up with 'long Covid' for another 8 months to follow, until she finally couldn't take it anymore and committed suicide at home after purposely sending her husband out to the store with a grocery list. When he got back home, the cops were parked in his driveway.

I never got Covid because I went into isolation mode as I retreated to my bomb shelter, but many of my friends died from Covid not long after the lockdowns got started.

Very excited knowing I'll never see my co-workers at that time in person again. Was very happy at that time. Only started hating lockdown at the 1 year mark.

Being questioned about walking with my service dog as if I was some sort of criminal despite the only people for miles were me and police who had driven miles to stand in the middle of nowhere.

No 'cos it didn't stop. It was strange being unable to do so much we took for granted for a couple of months, but the world did carry on, albeit in temporarily limited ways.

I miss it deeply

Liked it alot, no traffic, people and very quiet.

I kept working and travel on roads was great !

I remember how they said laundry soap killed the virus and yet there were no shortages of laundry soap. I also remember how greedy people were and rude people were towards each other

I still had to work so a lot didnt change! I just remember typically we had the best weather that year.

That time changed my life. I lost touch with people and connection etc

The lockdown, which I loved.

Good ol' days, made over 44 millions in GTA online 🥴

it was awful. i had to wait for what must have been and hour and half, to go into asda.

Classes went online and prepping up for GCSE. The rumours of "we are going to give our tests next year!" Wasn't true.

I had to continue working so not a lot changed.

I remember how the idea that it would extend past two weeks was a "conspiracy theory". Then I remember the idea of a required vaccine was a "conspiracy theory". Then I remember the idea of boosters was a "conspiracy theory". Then I remember the idea that there would be a covid passport to travel was a "conspiracy theory".

I remember realizing how awful people are ...selfishness .. being in a grocery store watching someone clear out the shelf on toilet paper and lysol 🙄

Clear blue sky without a single plane.

Did not stop for me 😂😂🤣🤣

Not much; my life didn't change all that much.

I don't want to think about it. Just pretend 2020 didn't exist

Became more chronically online. I'm gone

99.99% recovery rate don’t forget..

That we stopped caring about literally anything except Covid cases and Covid deaths. Mental health, poverty, suicides, other health concerns… none of it mattered

I was sure I would be dead soon.

How easy it was for government control people.

I remember thinking there is a chance we all start seeing dead bodies in the street, and preparing what I would need

Roads and shops suddenly were less crowded. And for some strange reason all the toilet paper disappeared.

The toilet paper mass panic and Lysol price gouging

Covid was a hoax and a witch hunt yeah fake news you got rid of it by drinking bleach