I unironically loved the pandemic for being able to progress some of my hobbies
Being able to throw myself into making music for hours without a drained social/mental battery and basically nothing to interrupt me helped me do more in a year or so than I’d managed to find time for in a decade. I also got back into enjoying long-form games that I’ve not been able to make time for outside of the pandemic. The few I’ve started since I’ve had to put down for extended periods of time and that’s kinda killed my momentum. I also read the most I’d read since I was a kid.
So I know I could definitely be given an extra couple of days a week of free time, and would have zero issues filling that time and getting something positive out of it, even if I wasn’t allowed to leave my house.
I’m not saying there weren’t downsides, but more free time was amazing
Uncertainty does not foster motivation nor creativity. The world was reeling from a pandemic and I don’t feel bad taking a step back from life during it.
I was really envious of those in the US that got to stay home for months and do their own thing. In my part of the world it was the “the world is ending? But you’re still coming in, right?” meme. Which is central Europe. (Because people weren’t dying left and right, so you know. Silver lining.)
Covid.
I unironically loved the pandemic for being able to progress some of my hobbies
Being able to throw myself into making music for hours without a drained social/mental battery and basically nothing to interrupt me helped me do more in a year or so than I’d managed to find time for in a decade. I also got back into enjoying long-form games that I’ve not been able to make time for outside of the pandemic. The few I’ve started since I’ve had to put down for extended periods of time and that’s kinda killed my momentum. I also read the most I’d read since I was a kid.
So I know I could definitely be given an extra couple of days a week of free time, and would have zero issues filling that time and getting something positive out of it, even if I wasn’t allowed to leave my house.
I’m not saying there weren’t downsides, but more free time was amazing
Exactly. Still paid money and given all your time back too…and still didn’t do shit, huh?
Yeah, but Animal Crossing just came out…
Uncertainty does not foster motivation nor creativity. The world was reeling from a pandemic and I don’t feel bad taking a step back from life during it.
Cannot relate, was working from home before, during, and after Covid.
You guys got time back?
I was really envious of those in the US that got to stay home for months and do their own thing. In my part of the world it was the “the world is ending? But you’re still coming in, right?” meme. Which is central Europe. (Because people weren’t dying left and right, so you know. Silver lining.)
If you had kids, then you had even less free time during covid.