#metime
April 21st 2020
We are living the exceptional circumstances of a global pandemic. We have all been placed on lockdown and must follow our lessons online.The current topic «Every day routines and hobbies» is rather unusual at present, as Life itself is, and here we are at this point of the curriculum learning how to talk about our hobbies and every day lives.
As well as the situation the students are also exceptional and are adjusting well to new online materials and video conference rooms which replace traditional books and classrooms. Like the saying goes «It is not the strongest of the species that survives, but rather, that which is most adaptable to change».
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, but rather, that which is most adaptable to change
Throughout lockdown RN [relative normality] has been a priority in this group, and focusing on day-to-day life as we know it. Same times for lessons, same procedures, same rhythms, same dynamics now combined with new online dynamics. All to try and remain as «normal» as possible in these not so «normal» times that may have been overwhelming for some or most.
So now that this NR [new normal] is a fact we are ready to move on to the next topic «Talk about your hobbies and free time activities». And I would like to ask my A1 students to focus on the 80/20 rule, that is, those activities that bring happiness to our lives and keep us going, considering we are in absolute shutdown. What is that 20% that puts us in a good place to get that 80% of good results for the rest of our day.
Can we reinvent ourselves?
What are the activities that give Me the oxygen for the rest of the day in confinement. My #METIME these days is to get up in the morning, and on my own kindly prepare myself a cup of tea. And enjoy the silence for a short while. Then listen carefully to my favourite radio programme with stories from Quarantine. I just Love listening to «Diario de la cuarentena» at breakfast time. And I focus only on the hot tea that I feel and the story that I hear. And I breathe in. Then out… And these fifteen or thirty minutes make my day. It is the 20 that makes my 80.
how about you? what activities do you like doing that help you throughout lockdown?
La vida, sin prisa
In quarantine I love cooking and doing sports on my terrace ️♀️
That sounds great!
I love being with my family every day and my favorite activity is relaxing on the sofa at night to watch tv
That is a good activity indeed.
Every day I love having breakfast in a cafeteria, but now it’s not possible because the cafeteria is closed.Right now I prefer having breakfast alone, because whith my family ….. I can never drink hot coffee. I’m busy whith them.
I love having breakfast too!
I love listening to music in the morning while I do my housework and my favorite part of the day is talking with my husband on the terrace drinking a beer.
Nice!
I love relaxing with a cup of coffee on my terrace looking at the sea.
I love painting in the morning. I’m drawing every day! I like doing Chi Kung with my husband too.
My favourite activities are reading and watching TV series.
It sounds wonderful 🙂
I love relaxing with a cup of coffee on my terrace looking at the sea.
How lucky you are to have a view to the Mediterranean sea!
I love having breakfast alone in the morning, I like listening to black music while I do sport every morning.
I never watch TV in the afternoon, I prefer reading a good book.
My boyfriend and I always love watching movies on TV at night and we don’t like going to bed early
Lots of things you enjoy doing even in lockdown, wonderful.
I like knitting for newborn grandchildren of my friends and my favourite activity is having video calls with my three best friends once or twice week
What a unique hobby!
We enjoy spending time in my patio on nice days and at night we love watching TV series. We hate watching news and we only like reading headlines online.
It sounds wonderful!
I hated going to the gym last year. That’s very boring. But in quarantine I love doing sport on TV, in the morning at 9:00 am from Monday to Friday.
Fantastic!
I love cooking at home with my daugther and the favourite food we cook is oreo brownie with strawberry
Wow! My daughter loves oreo brownie too 🙂