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Enjoying lockdown: 'Not having anything in my diary was a blessing in disguise'
Jun 3, 2020
For many of us, life is a series of commitments - whether that's social events, family gatherings or work-related meetings. Lockdown has meant that our diaries are suddenly empty, and for those of us with busy lives, the stark change has been difficult to adjust to. But for others, it's been a wake-up call.
Rather than lamenting the loss of a packed calendar, some people have found that the quieter, slower life imposed by the coronavirus lockdown offered a much-needed break.
Imthiaz Rehman always used to plan his life to the tiniest degree. The 30-year-old, who lives with a housemate in south-east London, filled every window on his calendar and was always thinking about the next project or event.
Image caption Imthiaz out for a jog - a new-found passion for him in lockdown
"I could be a really obsessive diary planner," he says. "I would plan all of my work on Outlook and I had a really unhealthy habit of planning my whole life on Google calendar.
"So I'd be working long hours, then I'd be doing things like self-improvement courses in my own time, as well as bits of writing and seeing friends. I never had any free time - it was always one thing after another."
Imthiaz's background is in working in communications for charities, but he left his job before lockdown, with plans to go travelling. True to form, his travel plans were meticulously laid out in his Google calendar.
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