Quarantine has changed us -- and it's not all bad

[underpants]

Here are 8 new habits people want to keep post-lockdown.

I asked Vox readers to tell me which specific changes they want to maintain as they emerge from quarantine and stumble their way to a new normal. More than 100 people responded across the globe, from the United States to the United Arab Emirates and from Portugal to Pakistan. Some broad trends leaped out in the responses. Below are the eight most common.

1) Reducing consumerism

2) Slowing down and putting less pressure on ourselves

3) Prioritizing family and friends

4) Ethical action and activism in our highly interconnected world

5) Exercising daily

6) Baking, vegetarian cooking, and growing herbs

7) Spending more time in nature

8) Working from home, if possible


https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/6/9/21279258/coronavirus-pandemic-new-quarantine-habits

[leftieNanner]

1. Using less fossil fuel

Saves on gas. Saves the environment. And with some companies, reduces insurance costs.

All great things we can continue! Thanks for the post underpants!

[lagomorph777]

2. +1 and +8 to the OP

[underpants]

5. Yes. I saw the subhead line and did a quick list myself.

This almost perfectly matched up with mine. My #1 was consumerism too.

I didn’t have fossil fuel because out of sight out of mind. I have a hybrid and I think I have bought 5 gallons since March. We take trips in my wife’s car and I think I have filled her tank once - 60¢ a gallon at Kroger due to at home deliveries.

[LisaM]

3. A couple of these things depend on where you live.

This is harder on apartment dwellers on cities. We don't have a balcony or any outdoor space. Our gym closed, so exercise is challenging (we don't have room to work out in our apartment). We can't grow anything. Those are great things, but they have been pushing us into denser housing and now we see a downside to that.

[underpants]

7. That's one of the under reported stories

Well they had a lot of time.

Yes, I’ve had several discussions with people trying to consider all the apartments in all the buildings in let’s say NYC. all the food deliveries. the drastic change to not eat out. My stepfather (90) said he couldn’t imagine sitting in an apartment all this time.

My wife and I were apartment dwellers until suddenly we had a little one coming. We’ve talked about how we’d have dealt with this. We had a fire escape set up in the back and a walk out front porch on the first floor of a 12 apartment 3 floor apartment in Richmond.

[Skittles]

10. you really don't need a lot of room to exercise

check out Barlates workouts, by a lovely Aussie gal named Linda (was Wooldridge, now she uses her maiden name Stejskal) - she has some great stuff on youtube

[LisaM]

11. Sure, but it's easier with space.

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I lift weights, do a little running, but doing things in a confined space (our open area is about six feet by six feet) doesn't offer variety and when it gets hotter, it will be harder, since most Seattle apartments don't have AC.

I also like variety. These are transient issues but this is more difficult for apartment dwellers.

[Skittles]

12. I have always exercised at home, in about a 10 X 8 foot space

but I would DIE without A/C and a big fan

[FM123]

4. Good article!

The part that really resonated with me was: “I think I will be more inclined to direct my consumption toward small local businesses,” said Nora Zeid, a 23-year-old illustrator and designer in the United Arab Emirates. “It breaks my heart how much they have suffered lately and how, unlike big corporations, they are less likely to survive.”

[underpants]

9. We're a bit guilty in that one

My wife is an “Amazon Queen” - did I create that?
Name it and we get it the next day if not that day. Kroger’s and Whole food too.

When we get back out I am going to small businesses.

[louis-t]

6. I love all 8 new habits. I also love that I don't see

people licking their fingers when counting money.

[underpants]

8. I yield my time

F’ing plastic produce bags. Impossible.

[woodsprite]

13. Our last day at work was Mar 13th

We have yet to fill our Dodge Caravan up with gas again. We’re at 1/3rd if a tank, so will probably fill up this coming week.