What did 2020 teach you?

[Loa]

Guys, we're free of 2020!
But those long lockdown hours must have taught you something other than baking Banana bread.

Did you hone or learn a new skill?

[SunPony]

I learned how much I thrive with absolutely minimal human contact!   As far as skills, I've really been improving my dead bird specimen preparation skills.  We've been able to leverage that to earn additional income for my department during the pandemic.  I've also done more digital art for work and pleasure.  Basically I am loving the lockdown experience...

[Ponybookworm]

That even my worst points can bring something good. For those who don't know around April/May I got a bad bout of depression. As I do when I can't face the real world, I drifted into fantasy, imagining anything else but the rubbish of my real life. One particular theme wouldn't leave me alone, & after days or weeks in bed I dragged myself out of it to write it down. It grew into an obsession, & as my depression bout eased more, I found more influences for the story I was writing. Just days ago I finished the first draft of it, & am working on a side project & a sequel, with other side projects springing up everywhere.
Aptly the main theme of the story is turning curses into blessings.

[Thimble]

Crochet, cross stitch, cooking and  how to recognize misinformation in the news, lol.
Most importantly, I learned that I am a lot less introverted than I thought.

[starrynights]

The only skill I managed to hone was anxiety 

[SpacePinto]

How to effectively escape reality.

[gemini_pony]

That I can exist is a state of near panic for almost an entire year.

[Miniature Sheep]

The only skill I managed to hone was anxiety 

Same here!

[LadyAmalthea]

How to effectively escape reality.

Ditto this.

Post Merge: January 01, 2021, 06:25:11 AM

That it's okay to turn off the news, watch nothing but vintage TV, and pretend it's 1985 for months on end.

[BlackCurtains]

How to effectively escape reality.

Same.

[Taffeta]

Hrm.

That I can keep myself amused for a lot more time in a day than I thought I could.

That I can survive nine months locked down with my parents xD.

How much I miss my sister being able to come home, and being able to see her.

I guess overall - how important family is, and how much more important it is than anything else, material or otherwise.

Also, that neurotypical people struggle just as much with change and uncertainty as neurodiverse people, only are less well equipped to respond to it. It occurred to me in a conversation with my parents, when my mother was worried about my neighbour because we hadn't seen them. "Maybe they're isolating," I said. "Maybe I should go knock on the door and see if they're ok", said my mum. Who is shielding.

We agreed that lockdown, social distancing, and all of those things come much more naturally to me than to my parents. There are other aspects that are not like that, but it's interesting nonetheless.

Finally, I learned that empathy is a pipe dream and a myth if it gets in the way of people doing what they want to do. THe extreme callousness of people not caring about spreading infection so long as they get their way is staggering.

[Bright_Glow]

In mid-October, I learnt that following the health guidances like regular handwashing and disinfecting and wearing a mask can help me greatly remaining uninfected even when the nursing home where I work became a covid-19 hotspot.
This covid-19 virus can be a very sassy virus.

[goddessofpeep]

Columbo is streaming for free on Peacock. 

[StarCyrin]

I learned how much I thrive with absolutely minimal human contact!   As far as skills, I've really been improving my dead bird specimen preparation skills.  We've been able to leverage that to earn additional income for my department during the pandemic.  I've also done more digital art for work and pleasure.  Basically I am loving the lockdown experience...

That is really cool Sunpony, Do you do vulture Culture stuff?

As for me... I learned to Lucet!  It's a really neat way to make braided cord.  I also managed to find a new job... definitely not something I thought was going to happen, and I learned that being alone isn't too bad honestly.
Oh!  and I also learned that Anxiety is a verb as well as a noun...

[SunPony]

I learned how much I thrive with absolutely minimal human contact!   As far as skills, I've really been improving my dead bird specimen preparation skills.  We've been able to leverage that to earn additional income for my department during the pandemic.  I've also done more digital art for work and pleasure.  Basically I am loving the lockdown experience...

That is really cool Sunpony, Do you do vulture Culture stuff?

As for me... I learned to Lucet!  It's a really neat way to make braided cord.  I also managed to find a new job... definitely not something I thought was going to happen, and I learned that being alone isn't too bad honestly.
Oh!  and I also learned that Anxiety is a verb as well as a noun...

I don't know what culture vulture is... Maybe I am and I don't know it?  I work for a museum hence the birds ( and other animals but we mostly get birds).  Lucet sounds neat, I'd love to see something you've made if you have any pics!