A few weeks ago, you were gung ho. You had a plan to maximise the time on lockdown. You were not going to waste it. You were going to learn how to bake, or speak a new language, or play a musical instrument, or something. This was going to be the most productive time in your life. Outside of work, this was the time to do all the things that you had procrastinated on. Now, close to two months in, the paints are still in the box, the online course people keep sending you daily reminders to come back for lessons, you haven't progressed beyond 'hello, how are you?' in Mandarin and, since the...

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