Yes, but the first 2-3 months are gonna suck.
YepYes, but the first 2-3 months are gonna suck.
I don't expect 'normal' come March but I expect youth track season, MLB, and extended opportunities to get outside to resume. That'll be enough distractions to get me to May when things may actually be (sorta) normal again. Between Christmas and March though?Yep
I was thinking first half will suck, second half much better. But I like your answer more.
Geez man that was really nice to read, I think I needed to hear some of that stuff. Thanks.I'm just going to speak for myself here, but 2020 and 2021 will end up being really good years for me overall.
I'm looking forward to winter being winter. I don't go out that much in the winter anyways, and I'm getting my kid some indoor play equipment for Christmas that he will love. I do all my exercise indoors and I just got a rower. I only watch TV when I'm exercising and there's some shows I'm looking forward to binge watching.
There's no pressure to go out and do stuff, no commute, and we've got a good routine finally between school, my wife and I working from home, groceries, cleaning (which for some reason is way different during the pandemic because we're home so much) and just generally living together.
I'm totally committed to self improvement right now, for me and my family. Spending more time with my kid has been awesome and he's clinging to me these days, i love it. I still have some destructive habits like drinking and eating total crap but I've got a much better balance than I used to. I'm doing yoga and knocking out sets of 50 or 60 pushups when I couldn't do 10 back in March. My yard looks better, I've fixed a bunch of stuff that needed fixing but I kept putting it off, and I have still found plenty of time to #### around on the internet.
I understand that not everyone has that experience or the luxury of the extra time that I'm talking about and I'm very grateful for it. For those who do, though, don't waste it.
This is a rare opportunity to hit the pause button on everything but the stuff in your immediate household. There were so many times I wanted to do something but complained that I didn't have the time. For the last 8 months we've had plenty of time. For the next 6 months at least we probably will too. Use it wisely. Learn a skill. Spend time with your family. Work on your marriage. Lose the gut. Write that novel. Rekindle an old friendship over zoom. Plan that career change. Think about things that would improve your life and do them.
Oh cmon, 250k people have died, countless others impacted economically and mentally...it's been pretty bad. The bolded might be true but that doesn't change that as a whole it was a pretty ####e year.If you ignore the media, 2020 really hasn't been that bad. I find how much you let the news and social media engulf your life has an inverse relationship on personal happiness most of the time.
Lot more than that have died. Usually about 2.8m deaths in the US alone annually. They just don't parade them on TV every night as a shiny banner. Point is, for those that have ignored TV and social media, they may have had to change some things (like working from home and wearing masks) but ultimately their lives have not really changed or been that much worse.Oh cmon, 250k people have died, countless others impacted economically and mentally...it's been pretty bad. The bolded might be true but that doesn't change that as a whole it was a pretty ####e year.
True. Deaths overall are way up though, I get the whole circle of life thing, but this ain't that.Lot more than that have died. Usually about 2.8m deaths in the US alone annually. They just don't parade them on TV every night as a shiny banner. Point is, for those that have ignored TV and social media, they may have had to change some things (like working from home and wearing masks) but ultimately their lives have not really changed or been that much worse.
You are completely kidding yourself if you think 2020 didn’t suck for a lot of people. Even if we were generous and said the deaths were a push (which they aren’t) you can start with job losses and financial loses. Sports were greatly impacted - we went many weeks without sports.Lot more than that have died. Usually about 2.8m deaths in the US alone annually. They just don't parade them on TV every night as a shiny banner. Point is, for those that have ignored TV and social media, they may have had to change some things (like working from home and wearing masks) but ultimately their lives have not really changed or been that much worse.
This.I'm just going to speak for myself here, but 2020 and 2021 will end up being really good years for me overall.
1. You need to bottle this positivity up and sell it.I'm just going to speak for myself here, but 2020 and 2021 will end up being really good years for me overall.
I'm looking forward to winter being winter. I don't go out that much in the winter anyways, and I'm getting my kid some indoor play equipment for Christmas that he will love. I do all my exercise indoors and I just got a rower. I only watch TV when I'm exercising and there's some shows I'm looking forward to binge watching.
There's no pressure to go out and do stuff, no commute, and we've got a good routine finally between school, my wife and I working from home, groceries, cleaning (which for some reason is way different during the pandemic because we're home so much) and just generally living together.
I'm totally committed to self improvement right now, for me and my family. Spending more time with my kid has been awesome and he's clinging to me these days, i love it. I still have some destructive habits like drinking and eating total crap but I've got a much better balance than I used to. I'm doing yoga and knocking out sets of 50 or 60 pushups when I couldn't do 10 back in March. My yard looks better, I've fixed a bunch of stuff that needed fixing but I kept putting it off, and I have still found plenty of time to #### around on the internet.
I understand that not everyone has that experience or the luxury of the extra time that I'm talking about and I'm very grateful for it. For those who do, though, don't waste it.
This is a rare opportunity to hit the pause button on everything but the stuff in your immediate household. There were so many times I wanted to do something but complained that I didn't have the time. For the last 8 months we've had plenty of time. For the next 6 months at least we probably will too. Use it wisely. Learn a skill. Spend time with your family. Work on your marriage. Lose the gut. Write that novel. Rekindle an old friendship over zoom. Plan that career change. Think about things that would improve your life and do them.