What's something you thought you needed that you don't?

[petra]

What have you realized you can do without in the course of staying inside?

Comments

[daegaer]

Right now I could do without my cat because she is seriously doing my head in with her clinginess. But more truthfully, I haven't had any fancy coffees in weeks, obviously, or bought lunch and perhaps in a post-lockdown world I could keep that up. (Though I really want a fancy coffee!)

[petra]

I miss fancy coffee, too. I've started making my own simple syrups at home as a form of compensation.

[lilysea]

I've been managing better than I expected without my weekly physiotherapist appointments.

[petra]

Yay for doing better than expected!

[scytale]

Pasta. I'm finding that brown rice is way easier to make in bulk with a rice cooker.

[petra]

Rice is very simple. I'm glad you have it.

[mific]

Coffee shop outings. Coffee at all, really, as I just don't like the taste, if I'm honest!

[petra]

That's a good reason to skip it entirely!

[j00j]

Paper towels. I didn't use them much before, but I let the rest of the family have the last roll since they're cleaning up toddler messes. I have time to do laundry.

[petra]

Oo, that's a good thing to be able to cut out. Toddler messes sound like a good use for paper towels, but if you don't need them, more power to you.

[j00j]

Of course then I made a fried food and needed to grab some of the family paper towels to drain my veggie fritters, but yeah.

[fred_mouse]

I've been experimenting with no deodorant. If I swap clothes 'after work' and then go for a walk, I can do that and wear the same clothes two days running. I think there is some amount of sweat smell, but I'm not sure that there is enough to warrant going back to it when I go back to work (however, the vagaries of the work air-conditioning may necessitate it).

[petra]

An interesting experiment. I have discovered doing similar ones that, really, I am better off for American noses with augmentation, but that's my milieu and my sweat, not you and yours.

[fred_mouse]

While I'm at home with family, and the most exercise I'm doing is a brisk walk, I reckon I'm okay. It will be very interesting to see how things change when I'm back in the office and/or doing more energetic exercise.

ETA: the first couple of days were quite smelly, and the weekend I was not feeling great and didn't shower for two days wasn't great, but my body seems to have settled down since. So I don't know whether that means that there has been a shift in body flora.