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An extrovert point of view on the current situation...

It's interesting to hear an extrovert's perspective. It sounds like you've got some good ideas about how to handle the current situation. Let's hope the social distancing doesn't stretch to 18 months-- I saw a "some scientists recommend" headline to that effect yesterday.
As an introvert who has enough going on inside his own head to remain entertained almost indefinitely, I'm more alarmed by the economic repercussions of this whole thing. Will we have another Great Depression?
+1. I can't see this lockdown lasting 18 months, it's not sustainable. The casualties from a depression could exceed those from the virus.
 
Interesting perspective - I'm quite the opposite and aside from the disbelief of all the hoarding and misinformation, self isolation is rally no big deal for me. I live a pretty solitary life anyway (band stuff is pretty much my social life) so it's just a bit annoying. Yes I am still working with a trio project, so maybe not as isolated as others, but I'd be fine even without that.

This is me - I'll be social sometimes, but in the past year or so it's all been tied to music in some way (no more booze for me, so I've largely lost the reason to go out to most social gatherings). I do miss my bands but as I'm ramping back up on personal practice, I'm finding that I'm missing it less. I think the biggest issue for me at this time is not having anywhere to go - I like to frequent coffee shops to work, read, or study.

I’m writing down what I do every day. Actually keeping a planner on what I worked on and what is next. Sort of a desert island sanity check.

I think this is actually the best thing. I started a thread here for my musical endeavors to make sure that I don't have "zero days" (at least in terms of music) and it's been good. Probably not a bad idea to do that for other things as well.
 

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