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Lock down a new experience

Did we learn anything from this Covid-19 forced lock-down?
I thought many of us experiencing something which we never experienced in our life so far. Let me share what I am going through in my first blog of this series, it may encourage people to share what worked for them so collectively we may get ideas on how to prepare to handle situation when lock- down is removed.
Before lock-down
After lock-down
Get up at 6:00am go for yoga class between 6:30 to 7:30am. Read NEWS paper, get ready, neatly shave beard (though it looks like not required every day) and wear nicely ironed clothes, have breakfast, pack-up my lunch box and leave for office at 9 am. Reach office by 10:15 to 10:30am. Stand-up meeting with leadership team and get onto my daily planned activities. (We have/ sorry had 😊 a cook who comes at 6:00am and used to prepare breakfast and lunch to take for office).
Get up 6:30am and help my wife in preparing some breakfast, squeeze some time to glance NEWS paper while sipping coffee till I hear “ree” from kitchen 😄  (wife calls husband with respect! In our country in some houses even now).  Do yoga between 8 to 9am. Get ready fast no shaving (once in 2 days now), wear some clothes not ironed, have breakfast, login to system and prepare myself for first leadership stand-up meeting till all join and continue executing your day plan.
Lunch around 1:15 to 2:00pm if all meeting ends as per schedule
Lunch when my second daughter text on WA “pappa come for lunch all are waiting” . Short quick lunch and back to home office
Continue till you feel all task ticked in day plan and leave for slightly longer duration of travel time to home. Tired after reaching, sip half cup coffee, switch-on tv till your remote is pulled by others 😊
You get those travel time also do something which was long pending task part by part in this extra time. Go up sip half glass of coffee, watch TV news till remote is with you and get back to home office work till you feel hungry to have dinner
Use 1 hour to see how was the day and what else pending in the week and do some thinking on how to achieve so many things.  Read some story book/motivational book till I feel sleepy. Next day routine starts
As I am not that tired, I can work for another 1 or 2 hrs before going to bed and read few pages of story book/ motivational book till I feel sleepy. Next day routine starts

I feel people are accomplishing more tasks in a working day than what they accomplish by going to office. If our role does not call for physical presence, we must continue this routine get maximum task accomplished in a day even after lock-down removed. Even Sat and Sun due to lock-down I get sometime towards official tasks which I am motivated to do as nothing else to do. All office clothes washed and neatly kept inside cupboard increasing their life span further. But all daily wear is losing its life span. That is fine not expensive clothes. We realized the value of support system we have at home as we are doing all work by ourselves. Gained knowledge on rates for vegetables and fruits! Wastage reduced! No one throws food or fruits or vegetables. Value of all these realized by everyone at home. They know if it gets over, I have to go out and Covid-19 spreading news is bothering all of them. Let me also tell you few Zoom video calls I had with my friends really gave such a satisfaction I wonder why we were not doing this earlier. Many of us realized silver quoting on our face and head showing we are really getting old. Some of my friends shaved their heads fully which is a tough decision otherwise and some whom I never saw them with beard started growing beard. But don’t check your weight in front of your spouse or children 😊.  I also realized feeding one more person daily (a watch man of garage) near my house gives a great feeling.
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