What is a positive thing that happened to you due to Covid?

Before covid, people were putting a lot of pressure on me to do things I didn't want to do. covid was my excuse not to do them. People stopped pressuring me. I'm really hoping that people will not go back to how they were.

Telling these people to back off in this situation is not as simple as it sounds for a few reasons, even if I'm not worried about their feelings.
 

Not very social before, now I have something besides my wife to blame. Yes walking in the cold is healthier now, mask up baby!. Saved money not as many restaurant visits. Make lemonade rather than complain.
 
One person (just the one) started delivering, one item I regularly need, that I'd previously already begun to have trouble getting picked up anyway,
and she doesn't seem to mind continuing to do that, which is a help.

Gosh, that is small, but that did start due to the pandemic, and is something positive. Especially since I didn't know she would be so willing to do that.
 
What is a positive thing that happened to you due to Covid?
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After having had Covid I felt more at ease, hey I got my antibodies baby! No longer felt angry towards the self-absorbed dimwits out in public who selfishly put others at risk by asserting their twisted beliefs.
 
Very few clouds in my life have been without silver linings and Covid is no exception.

From the first moment of "safer at home" I stopped coloring my hair. It's so freeing to not chase the grey anymore, plus my natural hair color is more flattering with my skin tone.

I've been baking bread a couple of times a week and doing other kinds of scratch cooking/baking. I've learned how to make more Korean dishes from my sweet daughter-in-law.

During warm weather DH and I spend more time enjoying our backyard pool than we have since our kids were young.

Strange as it may seem, some of my social ties have actually strengthened. I catch up with half a dozen geographically distant high school friends via a 1-2 hour weekly zoom. Before the pandemic it was catch-as-catch-can texts or emails. I have another group of friends who I zoom with monthly.

Last but certainly not least, we welcomed another baby into our family. DS and DDIL had a boy in December. Because they're so careful about who he's exposed to, we get a lot more baby time than we would have had under normal conditions. Same is true of the amount of time we've had with our other children and grands. Our family bubble has been a true blessing.
 

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