I suspect most of us would go back to our pre-March world of this year in terms of what we can do, who we can see and where we can go but there have been some benefits. Less pollution going into the atmosphere, mainly from airports I'd suspect being the main one. But have you benefitted in any way?
For me, the months I've been furloughed has allowed me to read so many books I always intended to get around to. On-line qualifications have also been done to the extent I'm now over-compliant with my job and my responsibilities - if we ever do go back, that will be worthwhile.
But the main one is music - much more time to convert from my Ukulele to my electric guitar. I was fumbling around on my bass guitar for a couple of years but now there's more time to devote to a six-string electric guitar and I've found the early stumbling blocks have largely disappeared and I'm much more comfortable on it now. The F and B chords are still a struggle so I've just found hundreds of songs that don't inflict that particular torture on me and I'm fine. I'm no B.B Clapton or anything but the strumming and rhythmic part I'm happy with.
For me, the months I've been furloughed has allowed me to read so many books I always intended to get around to. On-line qualifications have also been done to the extent I'm now over-compliant with my job and my responsibilities - if we ever do go back, that will be worthwhile.
But the main one is music - much more time to convert from my Ukulele to my electric guitar. I was fumbling around on my bass guitar for a couple of years but now there's more time to devote to a six-string electric guitar and I've found the early stumbling blocks have largely disappeared and I'm much more comfortable on it now. The F and B chords are still a struggle so I've just found hundreds of songs that don't inflict that particular torture on me and I'm fine. I'm no B.B Clapton or anything but the strumming and rhythmic part I'm happy with.
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