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Originally Posted by John Cole
I'm tired of this isolation. It's not like I am all that social anyway, but I miss my weekly dinners with my daughter and granddaughter. On the other hand, I've learned to make video calls on Snapchat.
I've been enjoying it so far. I'm not as completely isolated as some, but I always have a bunch of projects I want to work on, projects that most of my family and friends would consider crazy, and I enjoy having the time to work on them. I find that as I get older I need more time to get into concentration mode. Whereas when I was a kid I could pick something up and work on it for 15 minutes, then pick it up again the next day and start right in, now it takes 15 or 30 minutes just to remember wtf I was doing -- so I like these big blocks of down time.
I've also been going out for walks. The woods behind me, and the sidewalks in my neighborhood have been deserted. I wear a 3M breather. When I do see somebody, they assume I'm wearing it because I'm sick and get out of my way.
I'm not sure how much longer this will last. My experience has been that people don't stick with plans that in any way cause them to be inconvenienced. After a week they'll assume that they're immune and go out and catch whatever is available. We'll see.