How are other Bernds dealing with Covid and restrictions?

for me life is pretty much the same as it has always been, so no dealings.

never really had friends to begin with, so it's not that big of a deal.

 

But I've been doing uni online, so I'm enjoying a lot of the stuff I'm learning, especially special relativity.

Still just a flu

Still

Did you get dropped on heda as an childs?

I've still been going to work, except now we wear masks.

 

I have spent the past month at home working on my dissertation however.

Honestly it hasn't been that bad. Gives me time to kinda focus on the simple pleasures. Just going for a walk outside is nice enough when I don't need to worry about having anywhere to be, because until a couple days ago legally I didn't have anywhere I could be.

What hasn't been so good for my coping is the fact that I can't procrastinate my studies. Instead I'm forced to contend with the fact that studying gives me stress and anxiety. Spending 8 hours a day not being as productive as I would like. That's what I don't like. I guess seeing friends and family would be good at some point too though.

It's definitely a bit rough to deal with. I've found that I feel much better when I "schedule" which days I will work on for a given subject, and give myself enough time so that I have enough time to fuck off. Some days I do procrastinate, and when that happens, I usually wake up extra early in the morning to complete work from the previous night.

 

it's definitely tough to hold yourself accountable, but if you try to trick your mind into thinking that there is an immediate reward to your tough work, it becomes a bit easier.

After two months of no work visa, my mind is starting to grow dull and sullen without adequate socialization or working.

Problems were. Fucking nz government is taking their sweet time to issue me my visa and my seasonal work is a few weeks away. I'd rather be deported at this point than spend another day trying to fill my day with novelties and ignoring my newly refound weed habit.

Man needs a schedule. Even the most mundane one so that it can justify antagonism and give a minor sense of accomplishment compared to his peers.

Thanks for your reply.

I do find it hard to reward myself. Maybe I need to set different expectations for myself. But I do think you are right about a schedule.