Thanks for the ideas, Lemon! I do get a few subscription boxes, but have been trying to cut back. Maybe I need to do them again to make myself happy. I did just get one for D that focuses on a different animal each month (Christmas gift).


And movies and books are good ideas. For someone with an English degree, the amount of actual books I read (even counting like Kindle books) is...pathetic.


I think for me, it helps to have actual things to look forward to, like on a calendar. So maybe I need to actually put things on my calendar, like watch [show] or start reading [x]. And I miss concerts, so maybe I need to start watching some on Youtube (or elsewhere)--Dr. T had suggested at one point putting them on the TV (can do with Amazon fire), turning out the lights, and watching with a beer (same with football games--well, with lights--and pretending I'm at a bar). So maybe I need to schedule stuff like that, silly as it may seem (football already scheduled, of course).

We do get takeout a couple times a week, too--maybe I should put that on the schedule? Because something I miss is just us going out to dinner during the week, like I'd think "OK, Friday night we'll go to x place." I felt OK eating outside for a brief period there, but now it's getting colder and our COVID numbers are rising, so I feel less comfortable doing that.