Key takeaways:

  • Work as a Safe Space: Work provides Lindy with a sense of calm and focus during the lockdown, making it her safe space.
  • Challenges of Lockdown: She struggles with mask-wearing during shopping and misses socializing with family and friends, but enjoys more time with her husband.
  • Working from Home Challenges: While technology makes it easier to work remotely, managing work with children at home proves to be challenging without child care support.
  • Valuable Lesson: Lindy reflects on the loss of love, kindness, and physical connection due to social distancing, emphasizing the importance of these values as a Christian.
  • Coping Mechanisms: To stay sane, she balances work with time spent with her child and staying grounded in her faith.

As part of our #LifeinLockdown series, Atterbury Developments Quantity Surveyor Lindy Ras provides us with a peek into her world during the pandemic.

How is work going?

Work is my safe space at the moment, a place where I can focus and be calm

How are you coping with lockdown?

I’m not enjoying shopping at all while wearing a mask. I’m frustrated that we can’t relax over weekends with family or friends and a couple of glasses of wine, but I am enjoying the company of my husband as he can’t go off and play golf, to his detriment of course!

What about working from home?

Today’s technology makes it relatively easy and comfortable to work from home however, with little monsters and no child minders it tends to be more challenging than effective.

What was your most valuable lesson and what are you going to keep from the experience?

People seem to have forgotten their love for each other and mankind. Social distancing seems to have taken away the hugs, love and kindness, even amongst family, and as a Christian, that is what Jesus was all about.

What is the first thing you did when we reach level 3?

Jogging at a more decent time which leans more towards the afternoon… and I’m also supporting local wine makers.

What’s keeping you sane?

Coming into work on the days I have a child minder, but also enjoying the time spent with my child and staying close to God’s word and His promises.