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Very good message, friend @lymepoet

It is true, the Quarantine has allowed us to explore our creativity in ways that we did not know, in addition, it offers us a necessary distance from big and small problems.

Excellent. Thanks for sharing

Some of us are lucky in that our day to day hasn't been horribly impacted. My boys are really beginning to feel like they're in a rehabilitation centre, though. I do like the idea of finding something of the day that makes you smile! Positivity is always awesome.

Our craziness will goes out because of being bored. It's good to observe because we have nothing to these days. Some you might see it funny and some you might not. But the important of it is you know how to handle the things surround you even being in quarantine.

good post tho.

I need the message behind your post, that image is great.

Pending my list, I think I'm doing OK. I'm really solitary by nature and quite comfortable with that. I may actually have more, rather than less people coming by for (something) a visit. They are going crazy and know I'll always welcome friends into my home.

I'm guessing if I really sit right down and make a list that it hasn't changed significantly due to Coronavirus. The things that irked me before mostly still get me going :)

Thanks for a great primer on staying sane.

I agree

When you perform an activity you enjoy, your bubbling frustrations will reach lower levels which will help you ride the storm later on.

In my family there was never room for iddleness. It was frown upon to seeanyone doing nothing for more than 5 minutes. It was a rural town; there were chores to do, all the time.
I see people complaining on social media, desperate, even crying that this quarantine is driving them crazy. I just can't believe they have nothing constructive to do with their time.
I have lots fo work, translation assignment; I help my daughters with their homework; I read, watch movies, do chores, run errands; there isn't really much free time as such.
Great post

There are so many things to keep busy with! I hardly don't have enough time to do house chores! And with the little projects that at last I have now time to do!!!

There's just so many.. I agree with you @lymepoet, be creative! 😉

Great advice, thanks for sharing!!

Being creative is going outdoors to spy out life, looking for uplifting things to smile about.

Getting up and walking at least half a dozen times a day has been a habit for the last ten years.

Keep looking, keep finding, there is a lot to keep one content, life is worth living.

I've found streaming and making posts of here has really helped me in a number of ways these past few months.

It's kept me focused and away from my old habits of rotting away and self neglect.

It's definitely something I'm going to continue with!

I think that's so true - many more people are discovering how fun and rejuvenating it can be to get creative and develop some kind of content, whether for their own amusement or for others! It's a great time to find connection online, and the more we can find ways to occupy ourselves without going out into the world, the more we can help to stem this tide of this... thing. It really does help to not spend all of your time staring out the window and wishing it would go away!

That’s a great cartoon. I didn’t know if hose bottles were full of medicine or booze. Either way it probably helped the virus symptoms. :)

I find that sometimes it is easier to be creative than others at the moment. I have to go with the flow!

Love,love this! When life gives us lemons, we Must make lemonade! Cheers to you and your family, be safe and healthy!

I'm am extrovert parading around as an introvert. I am fine with quiet time, but, also like a good time. But, I'm working anyway, so I am not going nuts. :)

I know some of my siblings are going nuts and here I thought they were introverts! LOL

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Great work. We'll keep each other safe. 💕

Thanks for your advice. I am not a good writing but I like photography so I have fun editing and being creative with them. 😉

Amazing

Amazing

I invite you to become an observer and notice the funny things around you.

I've been enjoying a little of this. I had a wonderful moment the other day.

my partner was driving me to the shops, in the way, we went past a round around a the entrance to a housing complex. Outside the gates, next to a path of lawn, was a very pissed off looking man, a big guy, partly balding, very red in the face, and he looked utterly exhausted. Next to him, on the grass, lay a giant fluffy tibetan mastiff. You know, the huge huge dogs that look like a lion cross with a bear. He was tugging that lead, and calling to the dog, but it just wouldn't move. Lay out on the grass, in the sunshine as happy as can be. There was something that was just so funny about it, more in the way the dog completely disregarded the man than anything else, it was like something straight out of a 'who's-walking-who'sketch. This massive dog was flopped out like it was sun bathing and just looked so happy. We went to the shops, and no joke, 30 minutes later, drove back, and they were still there! The scene had changed greatly, the man now also sat on the grass, massaging his tense brow,loudly on the phone to someone - presumably the main owner of the dog. He was just getting to the end of the call as we pulled up to the round about, and after a fair amount of huffing and puffing, and the odd "bloody dog" he hung up, and lent back on his elbows next to the dog, finally giving in and enjoying the sun.

It seemed both funny, and fitting, he former anger and frustration, determined to enforce his will on the dog, followed by his later relief and to some degree peace in accepting that he couldn't. Ranting about it, setting his frustrations free, asking for help, and then finding he was able to sit back and enjoy the sunshine. He must've been there for a good 40 minutes, struggling, he was so red faced and sweaty at that point, but the way the frustration melted away once he stopped letting it drive him. There was something i found very cathartic in the scene.

I'm trying to be as creative as I can at the moment, I have plenty of time, but it's not something that I can force so well, i'm trying to let it peculate, hopefully, it will come out when it's ready but no matter how many which ways I turn it over, i can't find a way to overcome the obstacles I have at the moment. I'm not being constructive all the time like some people are suggesting others should be, in disbelief as to how that isn't the case. Its harder seeing the condemnation for that, the judgement for not taking action to change a situation, but surely sometimes, it is better to accept the dog won't move, quit trying to force it, and join it in enjoying the sun. That's where i'm trying to get to. In terms of making a list, I don't know how to get my metaphorical dog to move, partly because thinking about that first questions, I realized, i don't think I know what would help me overcome the obstacles in the long run without making them far worse in the short run.

Very thought provoking post. Thank you.

I've been keeping myself busy trying to do a Hive post a day, cooking and baking more than usual, gardening, trying different designs for masks but am now quite fed up with lockdown, ours is too strict! But we'll keep on making lemonade, actually have been making it:)
Nice post @lymepoet!