Has the pandemic changed you?

I use to be a get up and go type of person. Then the pandemic hit us. First it was the lockdowns. Then stores just were not open. When they finally did open I was scared of getting the disease so I stayed away. I started sitting home more and streaming TV. Now two and a half years later I just want to sit in my recliner. No need to do whatever today. I'll get to that tomorrow or the next day. I never use to be like this.

Currently I need to clean the interior of the RV. We live in hurricane ally and September is the most active month of hurricane season. Whenever they have one forecasted to hit us we load the RV and leave town. Sadly my wife has had some health issues and we haven't used the RV since last October. Normally we take the RV out a couple of times a month so the interior gets cleaned regularly, but not this past year. The exterior has been washed and waxed. The chassis has been serviced. Now I just need to do the interior. For some reason I have been putting it off for a couple of weeks now. I seem to have lost my get up and go since the pandemic. Has this happened to anyone else?

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SW-User

The time of the pandemic is also when someone who truly touched my heart...died.
There wasn't a funeral or even any kind of meeting for goodbyes... not even an obituary.
I lost interest in so many things... am finally back on track more this year.
I see family members with so many upsets... more anxious and not wanting to do much of
anything and worrying about everything.

I became very rebellious.... plan to stay that way.

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Graylight · 51-55, F

@SW-User There's that, too. We, woo, found ourselves in this unenviable position of death without closure.

Welcome to the defiant side. There's too little time for BS, that's what I got from the pandemic. All honest efforts from all directions are appreciated but the fools will not be suffered.

SW-User

@Stereoguy This pandemic caused me to take stock of how we were being told to stay away from loved ones and just stay home. It became a way of life for some to just be home and do nothing... except worry and be afraid.
I am sorry about your relatives.

I worked the whole time... considered a necessary worker, but never a hero. lmao!!!

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SW-User

@Stereoguy I'm glad our jobs were considered necessary, but I didn't feel so lucky trying to work with a face mask stuck to my face... it was causing a lot of issues with the strenuous work. Seems to me the ones who stayed home got a better deal. lol Even more money!

This pandemic changed how I see a lot of things... and people.

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Graylight · 51-55, F

@SW-User The grass is greener. I had to give up my job because no precautions were offered and my work really has to be face to face.

But my spouse has transitioned to working from home. Longer hours, same pay, isolation and noise interference are constant conversations here. So you just never know.