Livin' La Vida Lockdown

So, everything’s a bit weird at the moment. Not that I need to tell you that, right?

It’s been about six weeks since the UK went into lockdown.

Personally, I’ve been working from home for about a month and I can’t lie, I quite like it. In the last four weeks I’ve been out no more than 5 times, just to the corner shop, which already feels like the new normal. I suppose it helps that I’m an indoorsy person anyway, but I’ve very quickly become accustomed to the convenience of not having to leave the house to go to work.

Nobody who knows me will find that surprising.


I’ve got my little set-up in my room, consisting of my tiny desk I’ve had since I was a child, one of my bedside cabinets next to it and a dining chair. I do miss my wheelie/spinny desk chair but I’m making it work! I’m living in comfies and slippers, I’ve had more time to spend with my cats and my access to cups of coffee is so much easier. Not to mention, the walk to work takes no time at all!

It’s actually had some positive effects too: working from my bedroom is peaceful so I feel like I can focus better, there are less distractions. Plus, I’ve been making better use of my breaks by getting away from my desk and having some uninterrupted breathing space, which wouldn’t normally happen. I still have contact with my colleagues, of course, so I still feel connected to the outside world. While I’m enjoying the solitude, it has made me fully appreciate that the reason I’ve stuck with this job for so long has more to do with the people I share an office with than the work itself.

I’ve got a week off now, which is going to do me some good, although it is going to be a much quieter week than I had planned. I was supposed to be leaving today to spend the week at a lodge in Hassocks, to coincide with seeing McFly in Brighton on Wednesday. I would have been coming back on Friday, ready for my friend’s hen do on Saturday. Well, as expected, the trip and the gig have both been postponed until later in the year and the hen do has been cancelled for now. It sucks, but it isn’t the end of the world.

I’m going to try and make the best of the week and at least be a little bit productive. I’ve been doing some work on my family tree so I’ll carry on with that, and I think I’ll finally get stuck into one of the jigsaw puzzles my brother has bought for me on the last couple of Christmases. I’m hoping it will be more therapeutic than frustrating, but we’ll soon see! I might do a spot of baking, and I suppose it's about time I checked in on my Sims. I'm going to try and keep myself occupied enough so that I don't just spend the whole week watching NCIS, like I have the last two days. Oops.

Thinking about it, all of this should be an education in the things we take for granted and that we shouldn’t sweat the small stuff. There are so many who have it a lot tougher at the moment, but what’s the betting they’re the ones who are complaining the least, overall. I for one love a good moan now and then, but I hope that as we move forward, people will try not to get their knickers in as much of a twist about the trivial things. Believe me, I know it’s unlikely, especially based on what I’ve come across so far. There’s no harm in being optimistic though, is there?

It’s certainly going to feel strange when we start to come out the other side; even when shops start opening again and we can gradually venture outside a little more, I’ll expect there to be an effect on people’s behaviour – particularly those who have been adhering to the lockdown rules properly.

It’s an unsettling time. Everything is still so uncertain and I know some people will be finding it harder than others, but we can only hope it will all be worth it, in the long run.

In the meantime, look after yourselves.

Stay safe x

Song on Repeat: Heartbreak Girl - 5 Seconds of Summer