I've found mostly that apart from wearing masks, life is almost as normal. I go to work, I go shopping, most day to day things have stayed the same.
Granted you can't go to the pub or restaurants, but I wasn't massive on going out to the pub to start with, I miss going for meals though.
But, I think the only way that me and the Mrs are getting through, is to just try and look forward to things getting better and being able to get out the house more.
Getting a drum kit has certainly made things more bearable for sure.
Keep ya chin up dude, things will get better!
same here....I am an introvert, so life has not really changed for me in that aspect. I am happy being a loner and doing my own thing. The mask bothered me for about a minute, and then I kept hearing my Marine Corp drill sergeant fathers voice in my head "Get over pal. You are bigger than this, and the good of the platoon is more important than your individual needs". I had a healthy dose of "old school" discipline growing up, so I learned to quickly adapt and adjust to "uncomfortable" things. Also learned that being proactive is better than being reactive, and the mask and distancing are pro active to me
I learned a while ago that anger, "sadness" and "woe is me" are wasted emotions/feelings...especially after my heart attack 3 years ago, I was like: "well, I can't spend the rest of my years getting caught up in negative stuff like that". I have battled depression all of my life, and learning to cope with that has also helped me deal with the current situation.
I am SICK,SICK,SICK of hearing the term "unprecedented times" or " challenging situation"...YES...it is...so get over it...it will always be that way if we keep letting it be that way. I don't want to be part of that demographic, so purposefully pulling my self out of it has helped immensely!
It has also helped that I got bored with, and sick of watching the news...so I stopped. I usually only watch for the weather anyways, but for a time, I was real wrapped up in trying to ferret out "legit" info about COVID, but really just found that any channel is just pushing their profit agenda. So now I just rely on friends who are doctors, biologists and pharmacists...
I am a band director for a living, and all of my schools have been in session, but with the proper protocols, so I have been able to keep some of that normalcy as well thankfully. So far, no school related COVID cases...they have all been due to bad choices away from school.
I have also been able to find comfort and distraction in my drumming, bike riding and reading as well.
I would tell you to do the same: get away from the news, and get into things that make you feel like you are in control. All of the "numbers" and information is inaccurate anyways in the present...we won't know the true numbers, amounts, percentages for 3-5 years, so don't get wrapped up in all of that