We have been presented with an enforced opportunity to flip the coin to find the positives in the current situation, what can we do as apposed to what we can't do.
Positives only.
What positives have you got from Lockdown?
Here's mine;
1. Fitter - Excercise twice a day 3 days a week and one weekend day.
2. Weight loss - circa 10 lbs lost in 5 weeks and feeling better because of it.
3. Food - The C-in-C has put me on a calorie controlled diet with home made better tasting food. Room for Guinness too! Feeling better for it.
4. Interact and see the C-in-C and Off-Spring more.
5. I have a view from my study window of a field full of sheep and 4 Guinea Pigs running around in their outside run all day as apposed to a massive Nuclear Plant whilst sat in an open plan office with 80+ other people in a 6 story building with 2 wings.
6. More time gardening.
7. Less travel and mileage on Bella and Harriett (Honda CB500X) meaning they'll last longer and saving on fuel.
8. More time spent cleaning and preserving Bella and Harriett. Jobs I don't normally get time to do.
9. Don't have to wear suits or smart/casual office attire 5 days a week
10. Working from home (the odd day on Site) my productivity has increased and to a higher standard and quicker.
11. Use of technology - MS Teams, Skype, Zoom and Dial-ins resulting in better comms with colleagues. I've gone from IT utter buffoon to mildly incompetent! I can now wrap text on an Excel Spreadsheet. I have 2 laptops, 1 iPad, a works Blackberry and my personal phone on the go and set up around me.
12. My daughters have their own setup for home study for their A Levels and GCSE's respectively and are both knocking it out of the park in all subjects with minimal input and guidance.
13. I've gained a nice collection of hats!
By design I'm a man that likes to get up and go to work every day, however, I can't so it's all about flipping it over to identify what we can do.
Lastly, I get to mock my son who has to walk to McDonald's at 05:00hrs to do his shift every day and listen to his accounts of the day.
Every day is not great but there is something great about every day
Positives only.
What positives have you got from Lockdown?
Here's mine;
1. Fitter - Excercise twice a day 3 days a week and one weekend day.
2. Weight loss - circa 10 lbs lost in 5 weeks and feeling better because of it.
3. Food - The C-in-C has put me on a calorie controlled diet with home made better tasting food. Room for Guinness too! Feeling better for it.
4. Interact and see the C-in-C and Off-Spring more.
5. I have a view from my study window of a field full of sheep and 4 Guinea Pigs running around in their outside run all day as apposed to a massive Nuclear Plant whilst sat in an open plan office with 80+ other people in a 6 story building with 2 wings.
6. More time gardening.
7. Less travel and mileage on Bella and Harriett (Honda CB500X) meaning they'll last longer and saving on fuel.
8. More time spent cleaning and preserving Bella and Harriett. Jobs I don't normally get time to do.
9. Don't have to wear suits or smart/casual office attire 5 days a week
10. Working from home (the odd day on Site) my productivity has increased and to a higher standard and quicker.
11. Use of technology - MS Teams, Skype, Zoom and Dial-ins resulting in better comms with colleagues. I've gone from IT utter buffoon to mildly incompetent! I can now wrap text on an Excel Spreadsheet. I have 2 laptops, 1 iPad, a works Blackberry and my personal phone on the go and set up around me.
12. My daughters have their own setup for home study for their A Levels and GCSE's respectively and are both knocking it out of the park in all subjects with minimal input and guidance.
13. I've gained a nice collection of hats!
By design I'm a man that likes to get up and go to work every day, however, I can't so it's all about flipping it over to identify what we can do.
Lastly, I get to mock my son who has to walk to McDonald's at 05:00hrs to do his shift every day and listen to his accounts of the day.
Every day is not great but there is something great about every day
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who knew. Feeling better for it too.
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On the positive side of things, I'm number 1 out of 7 billion people at being thick making me the Olympic thick champion. Winner 
