Is lock down making you lazy.....

Having put the garden to bed for the winter (we tend to be fair weather gardeners) we gave our home an autumn clean. The problem is as we both tend to be neat freaks, it didn’t really look any different.

Since then I must admit that I have sunk into lethargy although day to day housework is done, food is prepared, clothes are washed and ironed and supermarket deliveries are ordered and dealt with appropriately when then arrive.

However, all those grandiose plans that I had last March seem to have fallen by the wayside. I spend most of my time reading, speaking to friends and family on the telephone and FaceTime and watching old programmes on tv.

The only real hobby I have kept up with is a love of political research and statistics which started in the 1960s, though I do not have an affiliation to any party. I have kept a record of all the Covid national and local statistics since they were first published at the beginning of the pandemic. Then of course there is Gransnet!

Another one who is worried about total inertia setting in. Usually pretty efficient and organised, I find myself putting off tasks which are not absolutely essential. Procrastinate now is my default setting. And with nowhere to go and no-one to visit us it is hard to be mor than clean and tidy, and avoiding the mirror is all too easy since it doesn’t tell me anything I want to hear.

Any advice will be more than welcome!

Retirement made me lazy. When I was working I had a routine for household chores. I usually stuck to it. Now I think 'I can do that tomorrow' so things get put off.

Yes your opening post resonated with me to a certain extent travelsofar. I still try to walk every day, weather permitting, or do on line yoga if the weather is bad. Increasingly I spend quite a lot of time faffing around on my laptop, doing my French and drinking coffee during the morning and that's getting later I've become a woman in a dressing gown and get dressed eventually. I'm dressed and showered at this moment in time! Now we are back in full lockdown and restricted to local areas, walks have become repetitive and has taken the shine off some of our regular ones we do in Bushy and Richmond Parks which are both beautiful and we are lucky to have them so I feel really bad saying I've become bored with all of it lately. Sometimes I shift my shower to later in the day, say after the walk or the supermarket shop, I don't have that get up and get ready first thing feeling anymore. I feel a sort of apathy has set in, probably that's how a lot of us feel given we are all living in a limbo right now and suffering from lockdown fatigue!

maddyone

Well it’s Saturday morning, it’s throwing it down with rain, and I’m still in my pjs. Normally, even on a wet Saturday, I’d be dressed because family would be popping round for a coffee.
Anyone else still in pjs?

Half eleven and still in PJ'Ss mithering about all I should be doing.
Didn't sleep til 02.30 tho so completely out of sorts today. Got to pop out for a paper and fresh milk and rolls, being very careful of course

Whitewavemark2, next year will be big celebrations all round - to compensate.

Right, time to log off and put the radio on, then do a token 'something' so I'll end the day having achieved a little!

My daily routine has changed with the weather, but this isn’t unusual.

So this time of year, if it is suitable I’ll potter in the garden for half an hour or so, but I do spend more time crafting and art work. Or I read or watch a bit of television, although there isn’t vast quantities that I like.

I only ever allow one day a week for housework - I resent giving up more time than that - but do stick religiously to it as otherwise the house would become a tip.

I try to get out as well but I am not very enthusiastic when the weather is grotty.

I had Christmas markets and food fares as well as NT properties marked in my calender☹️for this month and the lead up to Christmas. Oh well look forward to next year when it will seem all the sweeter.

Totally agree with all the comments. I’ve always hated the short days and long dark nights but when DH was away, I always had a kennel full of dogs to see to - long gone because of DH’s health problems. The dogs and housework would often take all day, I’d be on the last walk at 10pm some nights, then back to water the pots, tubs and baskets while swigging a large glass of white!
Now, I’m barely dressed by 11, fed up walking aimlessly, eating too much and dressing gown on by 9 and vegetating in-front of the TV until bedtime.

As someone said the first lockdown was a novelty, but the gloss has definitely worn off now.

maddyone, only just dressed here!

I can't see any point in rushing to get dressed when it's raining outside. The dog goes back to bed anyway!

Most unusual for me I must say, that I too am still in my pj's which is part of all this that I don't like. Answering knocks to the door by the postmen while still dressed for bed isn't my style at all. I'm usually sprightly and dressed even with the lipstick on

My walking ability needs to return as it once was as well because I can feel/sense the lack of movement and its detrimental effect which is no good at all.
To think I used to skip a 1/4 of a mile through a large cemetery to Asda once a fortnight whereas now I'd probably only get so far and wish to join the " residents "----it's that bad.

At the beginning of the first lockdown, I was going to finish all half done craft projects. At the beginning of the 2nd lockdown, I was going to finish all half done craft projects, plus paint the wash stand in the bedroom and make a start on hand made Christmas cards.

I'm just waiting for my mojo to kick in and then I'll start.......

Yes, definitely less productive now.
I call my laziness “relaxing” and I don’t feel quite so bad about it then.
I do even more “relaxing” on a wet, windy, grey Saturday. ?
Exercise will be dancing round the room when Strictly is on later ?

Well, I am up, showered, dressed done some housework and enjoying coffee - the rest of the day apart from cooking meals, I have no plans apart from taking the dog for a muddy walk. I shall undoubtedly spend a lot f the rest of the day on my backside watching the mindless repeats with my DH

Still in my pjs! Wearing them so much they are wearing out?

Totally agree Curlywhirly.

Yes Mapleleaf I often find it difficult to find some positivity at the moment.

I think the time of year has a lot to do with it. It's dull, miserable and getting colder. I am naturally a real busybody, can't sit still, easily get bored and am usually looking for jobs to do; but when autumn sets in and for most of the winter I really slow down and park myself on the sofa far too often! Couple the time of year with a lockdown and it's not surprising that we feel apathetic and unenthusiastic. Hopefully as Christmas approaches and lockdown eases, we'll get our mojos back. You aren't alone travelsafar!

Well it’s Saturday morning, it’s throwing it down with rain, and I’m still in my pjs. Normally, even on a wet Saturday, I’d be dressed because family would be popping round for a coffee.
Anyone else still in pjs?

Yes, I agree, it's hard to get motivated. I sit around for far too long. I need to change my mindset, but it's hard when there's nowhere to go and few to see. These darker and shorter daylight hours don't help, either. Sometimes, it's hard to be positive, isn't it?

There's nothing wrong with a change of routine and habits.

I think the weather has a great influence on our activity levels so I'm trying to make an extra effort with longer walks now that it's autumn.

Still, I feel the 'hibernation' mood setting in, the craving for carbs. It's nothing to worry about, not 'being lazy', just a natural response to the seasons.

I think that the first lockdown was a novelty, the weather was good, we were all in it ‘together’. Back in March/April, Christmas and the year end seemed ages away, and to be honest, I think most of us thought it would somehow be sorted by then.

It’s not, although treatments for Covid have improved, and the vaccine news is hopeful.

The government in-fighting doesn’t help, we need to feel confidence in our leaders, the weather is typical November, with four more winter months to get through, Christmas is up in the air, it all seems flat and uninspiring.

But sat here listening to beautiful music on Classic FM, looking at the Telegraph, chatting to DH.

Lots to be grateful for.

I was getting up and out for an early walk all through the Summer lockdown then showered and ate breakfast took care of a few chores but most of the day spent gardening or reading outside it was bearable. Now I’m getting up a bit later and not going for a walk till later and hating being inside so much.

I miss my family especially the younger ones and I haven’t been able to fly to visit my son and his children since February and they are growing up so fast. Will we ever have normal again?

I’ve always been rather lazy where household jobs are concerned....(and paperwork) but am happy to do my 10,000 steps.

I read that apathy is a symptom of dementia. I’m hoping mine is down to the boredom and frustration of the current situation. We need a light at the end of this tunnel.

My business is mothballed as I cannot operate under current conditions, I have not worked since February.

I have to create structure to each day, wether it’s clearing out a cupboard, baking, gardening or packing a picnic and going for a hike.
Without that I would fester.