in the last six months, ive coped by:
a daily pint of ice cream
naps
reading
gardening
cooking
drinking in the early months of lock down
fermenting foods
going to the beach but remaining in the vehicle
shopping for household goods and pantry staples
cleaning the house from top to bottom, several times
reorganizing pantry, cupboards, storage, closets, vehicles' interior ... etc ...
snuggling more with my cats
talking with mr. big fat facets, even more
emailing and texting friends, every so often
watching movies and episodic series on amazon prime
back on the forum, after a year away
shopping for diamond(s)
acquainting myself with corundum
i intend to incorporate regular exercise ... but it just hasn't happened in the last six months
The daily pint of ice cream sounds like an amazing idea!! My main thing was gardening this year. Now with the thousands of dollars I’ve spent all I can think of now was I could have spent all the money on jewelry! They would’ve lasted longer. I have been very lucky that my work has even gotten busier with the lockdown, although I kind of envy having more free time to do things like baking from scratch!
that daily pint is awfully comforting... gardening really takes one's mind off of the terribleness happening, world wide.
although, im all for jewelry buying, i really do feel that having abundant and healthy plant life is most beneficial to oneself and one's surrounding. it makes such a big difference!! there will always be more jewelry to buy ... hope that makes sense ...
I have used various less than ideal coping mechanisms, everything from overshopping to overdrinking to just overranting to the poor, poor friends and family members who had to listen to it.
Now I think I mostly just get lost in TV or the internet.
A strange one I do sometimes with people I can't stand is, er, imagining them as cats. Cats can be selfish, snitty etc. and it's adorable, so it makes me feel better about crappy people haha.