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it's no longer news that most countries are still experiencing the lock-down rule, most especially for those that are trying to curtail the further spread of the COVID-19.
Those who want to be busy still, even while trying to stay safe are staying glued to the internet trying to learn one or two things and to probably work from home.

This is a period where we now have more time to learn new things, most especially those who still need to get accustomed to how this forum works.
Since I am not going to work offline for this period, I have been able to have more time for myself, to move around this forum, visit different sections and threads, to read more than typing. So, that when I later get busy with my offline work, after the whole pandemic might have subsided, I would be able to find things much easier than I used to.

Time management, therefore, is very essential.

So, as a newbie or an already established member, how have you been able to manage your time on this forum?

However, I would like to use this opportunity to show my sincere concern for those who are already affected by the pandemic, I wish you all quick recovery. One thing I want you to know is that there is nothing without a beginning that does not have an end. There will surely be an end to COVID-19 soon.

I would say the effects of the pandemic has been fair on me, it gave me the luxury of time required to understand concepts about bitcoin, trading and this forum.
And i am even willing to learn more as i find my feet in this forum.

Despite lockdown, I don't have significantly more free time. I still have to go to work because I simply can't work from home. And it's actually good, because probably I would get mad if I had to sit at home all these long weeks.
And I have to admit that I don't spend my free time effective. Instead of doing something useful, I just spend most of time in front of TV :/. This lockdown is good chance for us to educate ourselves about crypto more, but I'm failing to find time for reading some good stuff...

Even during this period. I don't spend much time in the forum like i used to but when am out of the forum. I am always trying to learn something new related to cryptocurrencies and practicing trading. Trading actually takes almost a half of my free time.

I don't see the lockdown as disadvantage, I see it is advantage where I can grow my knowledge and develop my skills. I work at home and for me it is not hassle like before where I need to do long transportation just to get to mt work. I can now also read books and develop my gambling and trading psychology bt evaluating my self. The only disadvantage of the lockdown is seeing the other people who have not resources where they have having a hard time to find food and money for them to able to eat. That is why we should not be selfish in this kind of crisis and we should share some resources that we have.

Positives:

• More time to work on entrepreneurial stuff
• More time in the forums
• Actually have time left for a bit of gaming

Negatives:

• I MISS GOING TO THE GYM

Pros :
- I have lots energy and concentration to spent my time for reading Politics and Society board and reading old post in my local board.
- I can pay attention to projects that have good prospects that continue to be active in their development, especially during this pandemic.

Cons :
- i eat more now. :(

I don't see many benefits. Even though I work from home, my work depends on what is happening on the outside. Since there are no activities outdoors, my work tasks are at a minimum. I spend very little time with my friends, family, and those close to me.

I have been doing some gaming lately and catching up on some older TV shows that I never got around to watch when they were aired, like The Office.
All we can do is hope this crisis passes as soon as possible. 

The situation and subsequent lockdown likely changes people’s habits and priorities, and will do so to a further extend in the coming months. As such, I personally spend somewhat less time on the forum, mostly due to a shift in priorities for the allocates amount of time I spend here, but in addition due to a lack of high spirit to engage too much in posting. It does act as an escape valve in a sense, but reality surpasses virtuality, and I figure that the shift in priorities here will probably affect more those that have family responsibilities, than those that are students.

Pros :
- I can do more casual communication with some of my close friends because now they have more free time and they don't know what to do to fill that free time.

Cons :
- Everything is postponed (tournaments, projects, etc).

I get to have more me-time but it's sad at the same time because I'm far from my loved ones, my wife and baby. That's understandable and that's why I use the time that I have to do something productive.

Adding more learning resources, tutorials and reading more things about businesses and other stuff that can help me improve those things. Once this lockdown ends, I'll be the first one to travel back to them.

I enjoy reading the comments from you great minds and i can see that most of you have been using your time effectively well.
Keep it up, guys! ;D

Positive:
- I read more and realize more value of the forum.
- I make more post (looks good) and get more merits than before the lockdown.

Negative:
- I can not hang out to coffee stores
- I can not go to gym or to parks for outdoors physical activities.

It has created several inconveniences for me, but I guess the main benefit is that it has pushed me into focusing on the creation of an off-grid lifestyle. My weekly expenditure has gone down as well.

List of positive things due to being lock-down:

I spend more time with my family and specially my daughter.
I have more time to teach her what I want she be taught (for example she already knows ABC and number, but all kids in her kinder garden group knows that, so she repeatedly does study it... Kinds boring for her :) )
I can eat home made food, and not fastfood near office or other "quickly-made, quickly-grab garbage"

Negative things due to lock-down:

Hard to work from home. During time I work, she wants to play with me, during my wife works, she wants to play with her :D
Cant concentrate on work while working from home. Task that usually takes 30min, now need minimum of 45min.
Kinda killing routine to be at home all the time.
Salary for March scares me. I guess I wont have any bonuses.
No free time at all. My free time is from 22:00 to 00:00.

Positive :
1. I can give more time to my family than other days.
2. Now I have enough time to visit the forum. And doing my work in online.

Negative :
1. Sometime feel boring to stay home all time. And I am missing my sports in every afternoon.
2. Can not go to my duty irl.
3. Poor people are suffering due to this lockdown. And all events are postponed.
     

Not all people are jobless at this time even though there's implementing lockdown. I still have work even though there are some essential establishments forced close, the company that I have been working is a part of the exempted of banning or closing by the government. After my work, I can still manage my time here in the forum reading and sharing ideas while looking for updates status of this COVID-19.

There's nothing have been benefited me during this outbreak of pandemic but fortunately, I have a still source of income that I think I will still survive together with my family. But there is one thing that I worried most and I hope it will never happen. ( Taking care of my self not being infected of COVID-19).

I agree, it changes my day. However, I am embarrassed to share that this lockdown benifited me in a good way. I have so much time in the forum, I learn and read a lot about crypto. The lockdown affects me in a good way but somehow I can't wish for it to continue. I am disturbed knowing that some people are struggling outside. Some are hungry and can't even go to work. I live in a third world country, and I am not directly affected but that doesn't mean I should turn blind eye with what's happening.

So yeah, it benefited me in a good way, but I hope this will end and everything else will be back to normal soon. I hope people who struggle will receive help in this pandemic. Praying for the frontliners, workers, people who are sick, and those who are hungry and can't stay at home.

I wouldn't say that the lock-down benefited me when it comes to crypto and this forum. I have kids at home and much less time to "foll around" than I had when I was at work. But then again, without kids I would probably be bored at home ;D

Ever since I escaped that lab few months ago, I've traveled so many countries and met so many people, amazing!
I'll probably meet you soon. Stay tuned. 

Honestly it did not benefit me at all, I cannot go to my work, so many things that you want to do outside but you cannot, we are all at home it's a positive thing that we as family can get together, but in terms of being productive you really cannot, there's no benefit from this pandemic, we all want this thing over as soon as possible.

It has not tahat much of a benefit. The only benefit I had due to this problem is rest since most of the companies are restricted to operate. This should be a good time to invest and trade but the market situation is becoming more of a problem. The market value of cryptos are having a hard time to recover which makes it difficult to trade. Investing on the other hand is quite crucial because I would probably use the money meant for investment, to suffice my daily needs given that there is a problem with regards to buying the essentials.

I see it more of a burden. Many people are struggling at this moment especially to those countries wherein governments are not that effective to support them at times of such. And with that being said, I cannot enjoy the 'rest' well knowing that there are people who are not comfortable with such situation. Hope it will be solved soon.

Soon you will try to sneak to office to work their in quite atmosphere, but dont do that. The probability of catching the virus is still more than 0, so better keep your guts and stay at home with a tornado of scream an laughter :D

Btw, what are you doing to keep them busy?

No, I would never go to the office if I don't have to. Even if this virus is not that dangerous, I still don't mind the hurricane that I have at home :)

Thankfully I live in a house so it's much easier to keep them busy outside in the yard.

Sadly, i still have to go to work. I put a lot of efforts in my job during this period.
In real life i am a merchant, selling spices and food elements. Everything is locking down and most goods providers stop working. From about a month, it's getting harder day by day to find someone ready to help providing essential foods, so i even have to travel twice a week. I live in a small village in Tunisia .
With my situation during The pandemic crisis, i still find time to surf the forum. I have my pc at work and another at home and two tablettes. I use one device to log in but always use the forum offline just to read. I have a lot of another tasks to do online, but during the corona, the forum is my unique activity online until the crisis ends or i stop working as merchant .

Overall, its given me the time to learn more about Crypto altogether. I started toying with btc last year. :D

I have given all my dedication to this forum since I've joined it no matter if this pandemic would've occurred or not. About the benefit from lock down, it is true that if we keep all our emotional aspects aside, this lock down gave us all a load of opportunities where our financial status would (and can currently) change a lot if we have the guts to play the markets very carefully. It has benefitted the mother nature by gifting it almost pollution-free air these days (check pollution rates at your place currently, I'm sure you'll see a drastic change) and one utmost benefit is that, we have all got some quality time to be spent with our family.

Right now this is the beginning. Lock down will continue until the threat is over and solved. I don't see withdrawal or any sign to improvement this situation. Even animals are infected by virus. Everyone is sitting at home. But internet has no barrier. So, you can continue learn cryptocurrency, investment, exchange, trade etc. I wish BTC price will be higher when the market begins again.

Without  missing words, this period has been the very best time for my to have time for almost everything that I dreamed of earlier when I joined this forum. This time, many of my friends have been preached to and still preaching the gospel of Bitcoin as the mainstream of the Blockchain technology. Though, this is what I haven't done before but with the quarantine from the government, I took a bold step and break the fear in me, can't wait to bring onboard capable investors into the cryptosphare.

Although, during this period I lost some funds to gambling and have since get over it. We'll know that; many things are bind to happen either good and bad because "an idle mind is the devil's workshop ". Remember this: "stay at home, state safe and play safe"; life is one and no duplicate.

Seems like the lockdown is generally for giving us more time to spend with our family.  :D

Positive:
- Spending more time with my family.
- Lessen a bit my gambling life.
- More time to learn some other things.

Negative:
- No gambling NBA games.
- Eating too much.

It is a time to prove yourself if some time you had mentioned that they do not get time to learn new skills or they are too busy to get into something new. Strictly speaking no one is that busy in their life it is just the priorities that you learn something or not. Anyways, now due to lockdown there is abundance of time. Lets see how many accounts will use this time to upgrade their account and how many pro in trading.

Lock-down has helped many of us to improve our skills and knowledge in our free time. It has helped me in bringing out my skills. After a long time, I started doing the drawing. Also, I am getting time to learn something useful. Along with that, I am working from home.

But still feeling bored at home, staying at home for a very long time makes me feel lazy. No problem, we had to stay at home and fight against the pandemic. Hope everything comes to normal soon.

Oh, the lockdown is beneficial for some of you?
Then let's compare it with something else, like prison time.

Lockdown:
You're sitting in your home with 2 hours to go out and do groceries.
You're working from home if you can or you're already unemployed.
When the lockdown is finished you're out, possible with no job and no way to provide for yourself.
You see your friends only online.
You're not allowed to go to a restaurant or club as they are all closed.
You see your relatives once a week.

Prison:
Sitting again locked, but you have two hours outside without bothering for groceries as somebody else gets them for you.
You don't have to work, and you can dedicate all your time to reading or studying.
You don't give a damn about the lockdown cause even after the pandemic is over you're going to have shelter and food (and basic cable).
You see your new friends everyday face to face.
You can still go to the cafeteria and you can still enjoy some toilet wine.
You can still see your relatives once a week and you're even shielded from the ones that you don't want to see.

So, what's better???

I'm amazed at how many people say, I have more time!!!
What were you doing with your time before, did you waste it all, you needed a pandemic that killed thousands to help you organize your schedule?

For me eating with my families having time with them even we are in lockdown is very beneficial  for me .having time bonding  with your family  for simple watching movies only happen once in a while. Since we have different schedule for jobs and we cant even eat in the same table at the same time because we are busy in other important things such as earning money for the job to live bit we forget important thing which is to be in your family.

In situation like this we do realise the important of having a complete family we have and we dont want them to be sick.

I kNow some people doesnt like to be at home but its just small sacrifices you need to do to help not to spread virus and help your government to fight against the virus.

Well said mate, this time of pandemic virus helps us to learn more about cryptocurrency, as we are under community quarantine and lockdown, we are required to stay at home so we cannot be infected by thw virus, it will prevent rhe risk of spreading the virus to each other, so the things is, we should make some useful things at our home, there are so many things we may do at our home just to kill time or to avoid boredom, the very first thing you may do is try to learn more things, if you want to be more knowledgeable about cryptocurrency, grab this opportunity to learn things. There are so much information you can find through the internet.

The only benefit I could think of is that I get to wake up 20 minutes before the work time.

The lockdown is able to benefit me due to epidemics
Did not I feel very annoyed to always be at home I can't go out and chat with friends. Like you I am asleep but how long do I have to sit like this But the new job I'm learning in this lockdown is the language of different countries. It's a lot of fun for me but I miss a lot of time traveling outside.

The benefits of having time and being learned because if this pandemic virus won't overcome those negative effects that this virus gives to us. Learning about cryptocurrency can be done without this virus, yes we have so much time because of this virus but I know that there are so many things that we can if this virus do not exists on our country, because of this virus our economy goes down as well as the market.

I worked at a heavy industry enterprise for 6 years, received a salary of $ 180 per month translated into national currency, worked constantly at night (because electricity is cheaper for the enterprise at night) now it is quarantined, prices have been raised several times, I think it’s not worth explaining what I feel now. ...

I had no idea that I could have so much free time. You need to use it as much as possible for those things that previously did not have enough time. And in addition to homework, you need to allocate time for a more in-depth study of trading.

I have experienced zero benefits after the lockdown. I generally work from home but my productivity has reduced a lot earlier I was able to complete my set task within couple of hours but now it takes a whole day. After the lockdown I do not feel like working. I do not know but this is what I have been experiencing.

A good suggestion for conducting trade studies when lockdown rules must be carried out.
This will give us education about trading so well again and more specifically with plenty of time available.
That way we will be more productive and free time during lockdown can be filled with positive activity and can gather with family

All I keep doing in this lock down is cryptoish, indoor 24/7 have really got my eye focus on crypto and I'm looking for ways to learn more, mining, trading and project promoting is what I've been doing, I've watched countless videos on YouTube too, can't do all this if there is no lockdown

Definitely trying to make myself productive of the quarantine lockdown situation I have by catching up on my reading, aside from watching movies and going through my backlog of video games I haven't gotten the time before when life was still normal. 8)

there are two things happen to me during this pandemic, i have not able to work at the office, but able to rest and do a lot of things like reviewing my coins, how they are doing also i can be able to work, with no pressure during this time, also i be able to take care of my mom, at the moment this pandemic has done me, good and bad , but i also feel bad for those who passed away and hoping this will be over soon, god bless us all.

Don't merit me you fool, I could probably kill you...

One area the lock-down due to the pandemic has benefited me is the ability to learn and join this bitcoin forum. i have always wanted to learn and participate in this forum, this lock-down due to the pandemic has affordable me the opportunity to leverage on likes mind in learning and participating in this forum. This great achievement in this period has put smile on my face despite the challenges associated with this period.

Unfortunately I'm recording a negative outcome from the lockdown. The goodness is that I have more free time but it seems I'm not using that time effectively as before I know it the day is almost over without me achieving anything new the whole day. I was enrolled in the gym where I spend most of my evening working out before the lockdown but as a result of the government shutting down  shopping malls to discourage crowded audience and encourage social distancing, I'm been force to stay at home as the gym is currently closed.

The free time are just been spent sleeping, my activity on the forum has also been affected as I easily get bored by the conversation I encounter.

Hahahaha... That is funny. I believe you can't. I am untouchable. Have you heard this?

"Touch not my anointed and do my prophet no arm"

You cannot know my location, let alone meet me. Even if you see me, you cannot meet up with my pace, because I walk at the speed of light.
I also live in a desert where the intensity of heat is so high that you cannot survive it.

Good luck if you would give it a trial.

The pandemic is time-bound.
CryptopreneurBrainboss, my boss, do not worry, the whole boredom caused by the pandemic will soon end, because the pandemic is time-bound, so you will have time to go back to the gym.
Do you know why you easily get bored?
It's because your muscles are now relaxed. You are already used to building up your body, which helps to keep your muscles and nerves active. So, since the body system has adapted to that, it will be hard to get relaxed at home without doing anything.
 
Now I got the secret behind your attributes. ;D

  So I will Suggest that This Covid-19 is a deadliest Pademic. And I think that we will loose enough money and time during Pademic. Because almost a Whole world is crashing by this Stormy Pademic in 2020. And so that this is not so much easy to maintain our positions here too.

Yes, this epidemic will put us in a worse situation All people will lack money One person can never control everything after sitting in lockdown for so many days This lockdown could escalate further so we don't have to sit idle and use the lockdown for epidemic reasons We can trade so that we don't fall into bad situations later. There are many good places to trade in the crypto market We can make a lot of profit by investing in bitcoin so we don't have to worry about financial problems Lockdown has not benefited most people and has had a negative impact on everyone.

I just saw this topic again after a month, and I am still stuck in lockdown. The lockdown in my country was extended again for another 2 weeks. Yes it benefits me in the first month because I had more time doing things that I can only do at home. However, after months of being home. I just realize that the benefits I enjoy during the lockdown is slowly turning into something I don't even think about last month.

We need to be back to work as soon as possible, staying at home cause too much in our daily lives specially when you don't have enough savings. I have high hopes of defeating this covid when the lockdown started. However, its been 2 months but my country still can't flatten the curve. How can I expect to be out in a few weeks. Second wave is still waving. Mass testing is still not available. I just can't enjoy and think of how this lockdown benefits me anymore.