Hello everyone,

Welcome to our forum !

In this section, i would like us to discuss and share our experience of the lockdown. I’ll start !

So, as you know, I normally work in 2 professionnal training centres, with classes getting ready to take the High Technician Degree (BTS) exam.

On March 16th, both centres closed. Since then, I have been working from home, trying to continue classes by giving work to the sudents to do autonomously, doing oral practice exams on Skype, and correcting a lot of different things. It was very difficult to adjust to this new situation, with a lot of llittle things to do, and I was overwhelmed with work.

The most difficult part is done now, and I can finally take more time to appreciate my spare time. With my wife, we took advantage of the time to do our spring cleaning, we also watch movies, series, documentaries, we play games, and we eat way too much. I also play video games and finished reading Jules Verne’s Voyage au Centre de la Terre (in French) and started Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World.

I personally don’t feel too frustrated staying at home, but I miss practicing sports, and I wish I had a garden to have the opportunity to exercise more. My back hurts from sitting too much....

I am also a little disappointed as we won’t be able to travel to Spain in May and probably to Portugal in July, as we had planned, but I’m sure we’ll do it another time.

Regarding the situation in general, I want to remain optimistic for the future, and hope we will learn from it on many aspects. Hopefully, people and governments will pay more attention to workers, to the environment and our impact on the world and on each other.

What about you ? Do you work or telework ? What do you do during your spare time ? How do you feel about the whole situation ? Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the next few months ?

Please share your story, and obviously, stay home and be safe !