Lazybones or just bone idle?

I do bugger all - mess around on my phone, listen to music, read a bit, listen to a few poems on the Poetry Archive, watch the news in horror... DD wants me to knit for the new baby, as I did for her other girls. I suppose I shall have to stir myself.

I’ve wrote a list of those jobs that needed doing but couldn’t be bothered.
DH on the other hand has spent ALL day,everyday playing snooker on his iPad,while watching his crap programmes.
Yes apparently he can do both!!

I regularly interchange between laughter...and the permanent struggle of not giving in to the 'cry' in my stomach...if that makes sense?

There is LOADS of stuff I should be doing but am not. Lazy!

i feel the same. i have done the cleaning .all the little jobs that need doing .i am running out of books to read for the 2nd time round . i dont want to sit at my pc watching videos etc. i dont have a tv .i dont want to waste electricity anyway. i live in a flat .communal gardens .i am so tired .really dog tired .its an effort to get up in the mornings.....starting to get depressed .i'm used to volunteeering at a charity shop. i need to keep busy ,but have run out of things to do, i might as well curl up and die. i cant see grandchildren .daughter wont bring them to see me (out of my bedroom window) till end of month. i am tempted to go on a walk to see them....they live 25 mins away (walking)

I moved last month closer to my daughter and young grandkids 100 miles away and was seeing them everyday which I loved.
There is a fair bit of cosmetic work needing doing on the house which I have planned.
Now I can’t see the grandkids or daughter and the work on the house has to be postponed, so as I’m living on old fashioned carpet and cooker I can’t get used to I think ah well no point in me doing much as everything is being pulled apart when this is over so I may as well play candy crush and look at new kitchens on line whilst hubby is busy painting (he won’t let me help)?

LUCKYLEGS we live with my daughter and she is always doing something plus working from home. She keeps saying that it is a lovely day outside. I have to close my door so she can’t see me reading! Both her and I have a lot of health problems and myDH has dementia and anxiety and can’t/won’t do anything.

I'm struggling to motivate myself. I'm supposed to work from home but apart from keeping in touch with a couple of students I'm buddy to, all I have to do is online training courses. It seems a bit pointless as I'm due to retire in the summer, but I feel I have to show willing as I'm being paid to do it! It seems I'll get myself some new qualifications I'll probably never use! Meanwhile I feel guilty if I do things I enjoy doing even though it is far better use of the time.

Having changed one bed, linen washed and out on the line, cleaned the bathrooms fairly thoroughly and mastered emptying new vacuum cleaner.I have done today’s jobs (apart from meals). Maybe watch film on BBC2 this afternoon as a reward. Have realised that not trying to do everything in one day is definitely the way to go.

Yes, there’s only so much cleaning, gardening, clearing out that you can do. I’m having a week off, then starting again, much more slowly. This situation is going to last a long time so it’s important to pace yourself. Don’t feel guilty.

Like many of you how I feel changes from day to day. I live on my own although family and friends near and I'm lucky in that. I enjoy my own company and have lots of craft projects on the go and i love reading and have a pile of books! I normally work in a care home but am in a vulnerable group so have been self isolating since mid march. Initially i was obsessed with news and info,that has now reduced by about 90%. Some days I'm very busy,chores,craft work. Other days i feel i just drift through the day. Today i heard that the care home I work in had 2 confirmed cases and quite a few suspected. I feel sorrow for the residents,and maybe staff I will never see again I worry about my daughter who also works in a care home.
All I can suggest is change rooms if you can,if you mainly watch tv listen to the radio or a podcast. Do what you can,try and keep a basic routine. I'm very aware my concentration can be terrible! Above all else be gentle with yourself!

My DD currently working from home has taken her 2 x weeks pre booked annual leave to coincide with the school holidays. She and her DH and daughter have the tent up in the garden, are dining alfresco, have put up the swingball, ect and are having treasure hunts as well as getting the fruit and veg garden/greenhouse planted up as the mood takes them. DGD says she is having the best time ever and will remember this as one of the happiest times of her life.

Just a thought for those of us clearing out. Something I started doing last year - when I could finally face sorting through all the boxes of stuff from my mum’s house (she died ten years ago!!) - was to create a Memorabilia photo album on my phone. I took photos of old tickets, theatre programmes, school stuff, cards and anything I felt really needed to be thrown out. This way, you keep the memory but not the clutter.

I’ve adopted this as my theme tune!

Google “the busy doing nothing song”

Sorry tried to copy the link but couldn’t

My enthusiasm waxes and wanes daily re choosing “stuff” to do. I made a list of everything that I should be doing, then I aim to cross at least one thing off per day, it’s working so far !

I drift through the days with knitting, reading, computer, TV, some housework, phoning family and friends. I want to get out in the garden but it's been very cold here in Ireland. My big project is going through our old family papers and photos. This morning I managed to throw away the sympathy cards from when my gran died in 1973.

We’ve slipped into a relaxed (lazy) pleasant routine. It’s like living in Groundhog Day. I’m saving some ironing for tomorrow. That will ring the changes.

me? lack of concentration I think. bored,, yes, frustrated yes.

but now going down, getting depressed
just heard a dear friend from our church who was in hospital with really bad things, now has the virus..

so not good here at all..

Is something wrong with me? I'm never bored. I can sit for hours just doing nothing. I am not lazy or lethargic. I can do hours of housework when I feel, or see the need.
I am missing seeing the family, but I do have DH around more than usual, so have someone to talk to.
As long as I have my books, crochet, phone and tablet and the wonderful Alexa I am content.

I do go for a walk most days & I have cleaned out cupboards & shelves in kitchen but I too am very happy to read in the garden all afternoon. ( Reading the new Hilary Mantel- not a cheerful read for these times TBH but very good)
If DH clears his stuff off the dining room table I will get my paints out later this week & have a play.
I'm not bored really (yet) & keeping in touch with family & friends by phone & email.
Missing DGC like the rest of us.

I'm struggling as well. I have problems with mental health to start with and this last week has been very stressful. I do read on my Kindle but have a lot of books on the go as I can't seem to settle which one to read. Been sorting out drawers and have got things ready.to donate to charity shops when they are open again.
What to do next I wonder? Been doing some cleaning but I'm also disabled and usually a lady comes to clean for me but obviously that's had to stop for the present, so I'm just doing bits when I have some stamina .
Good Luck with it all - don't beat yourself up about it, just do what you can, when you can and do what you want to do.

How lovely to hear others are similar! I feel as I can walk and exercise I should but CBA. It’s perfectly understandable if you can’t walk too far that you should stay in. The trouble is my husband is out in the garden most of the time and wherever I am he can see me so I’m like a child, going into the bathroom to hide so I can still read my iPad! That’s dreadful behaviour. He wouldn’t say anything except to mock but I am very conscious of my utter inability to get up and do something!

It is hard to keep up the momentum of being busy ALL of the time. I have been gardening, sewing and turning out cupboards.
However, sometimes I just look at old photographs or look out of the window and notice things that I have not paid any attention to in the past.

You have all made me feel a lot better about my apathy thank you x

I had been lazing in bed planning to get going on...something...anything but then my daughter in Australia Facetimed so obviously that came first. That's one advantage of this current situation, the kids are bored too so there's more contact!