{"id":1559,"date":"2020-10-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2020-10-23T12:38:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T11:38:16","slug":"reflecting-when-a-7-month-furlough-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?p=1559","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting When a 7-Month Furlough Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120138148_339989910655003_4299167730919977271_n-1440x1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1570\" data-link=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?attachment_id=1570\" class=\"wp-image-1570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120138148_339989910655003_4299167730919977271_n-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120138148_339989910655003_4299167730919977271_n-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120138148_339989910655003_4299167730919977271_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120138148_339989910655003_4299167730919977271_n-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120138148_339989910655003_4299167730919977271_n.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1995\" src=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/122170900_3277537772282509_6694489488075555443_n-1440x1995.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1576\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/122170900_3277537772282509_6694489488075555443_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?attachment_id=1576\" class=\"wp-image-1576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/122170900_3277537772282509_6694489488075555443_n-1440x1995.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/122170900_3277537772282509_6694489488075555443_n-300x416.jpg 300w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/122170900_3277537772282509_6694489488075555443_n-1109x1536.jpg 1109w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/122170900_3277537772282509_6694489488075555443_n-800x1109.jpg 800w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/122170900_3277537772282509_6694489488075555443_n.jpg 1478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Remember when I was doing the weekly Lockdown Diaries? And then I did <a href=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/?p=1004\">a big finale post for them where I summed up the things I&#8217;d learnt<\/a> during my time in lockdown &#8211; well, that was four months ago, in June. October&#8217;s coming to an end, and I&#8217;m still in my own kind of lockdown &#8211; I am allowed to go out with the rules now, but I&#8217;m still not back to work, and I&#8217;m still not back to my old way of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve said this before, but when I was driving home from another long day working in the travel industry that was rapidly falling apart &#8211; in March &#8211; and I received a text from a friend saying that the lockdown was happening, I cried. Then I cried again when I went to the office the next morning to collect my working-from-home things. I was scared, and I didn&#8217;t want to be isolated at home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120317684_710061542923140_7102567391310164310_n-1-1440x1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1574\" width=\"528\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120317684_710061542923140_7102567391310164310_n-1-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120317684_710061542923140_7102567391310164310_n-1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120317684_710061542923140_7102567391310164310_n-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120317684_710061542923140_7102567391310164310_n-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/120317684_710061542923140_7102567391310164310_n-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Then, the first month of furlough came. I was so excited to have a three-week break from work. I love my job, but having three-months off with &#8211; almost all my &#8211; pay was like a dream come true. All the hobbies and tasks I wanted to do were added to the agenda. I started doing morning workouts everyday, I signed up to an abundance of online courses &#8211; I was planning to go back after a personal &#8216;glow-up&#8217;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">May came, and the furlough was extended by a month. Not so bad, my birthday was in May, and I thought I was going to be one of the few who got to experience a birthday during lockdown. I made the most of it, and carried on with my big plans for coming out a changed person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121096259_336803164071886_9047961555493935451_n-3-1440x1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1575\" width=\"518\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121096259_336803164071886_9047961555493935451_n-3-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121096259_336803164071886_9047961555493935451_n-3-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121096259_336803164071886_9047961555493935451_n-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121096259_336803164071886_9047961555493935451_n-3-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121096259_336803164071886_9047961555493935451_n-3.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of May I received another furlough extension. Then July was furloughed. Then August. By the time the furlough update came for September I was over my time off. I think September was the month I cried again. September was also the month that I started to lose it a bit with the motivation. Rather than doing workouts and online courses I just wanted to laze around and play video games. To make it worse, everyone else started heading back to work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">With under ten days left of my seven month long furlough, it&#8217;s an odd feeling to be going through. I&#8217;m desperate to go back to work, even knowing that the work life I&#8217;m going back to is completely different from the one I left in March. I also originally felt the stress of making sure I was making the most of my time, but with seven months I&#8217;ve almost passed that now &#8211; I&#8217;m over it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121621254_636718893630101_8478034720327771477_n-1440x1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1441\" width=\"515\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121621254_636718893630101_8478034720327771477_n-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121621254_636718893630101_8478034720327771477_n-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121621254_636718893630101_8478034720327771477_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121621254_636718893630101_8478034720327771477_n-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121621254_636718893630101_8478034720327771477_n.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the feeling is about the strangest it&#8217;s been through all this so far. Finally what I&#8217;ve been waiting for for seven months is coming up fast, but I&#8217;m worried about not having the lifestyle I&#8217;ve had this year so far. I&#8217;ve made myself totally free with my time, and suddenly that&#8217;s coming to an end. As well, there&#8217;s an anxious feeling about going out everyday, and seeing other people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">And on that note, what will they be like &#8211; will they have changed? And will they think that I&#8217;ve changed? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">With all this, there&#8217;s nothing else to do but sit back and enjoy my final week of &#8216;freedom&#8217;. Watch this space! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[791,820],"class_list":["post-1559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-blogtober","tag-furlough"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1577,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions\/1577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katygoodship.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}